GS-1MILITARY HISTORY - 1999 KARGIL CONFLICT
The Hundred-Metre Gap: What Kargil's Night Missions Reveal About India and Borrowed Maps
The interview was prompted by the August 2026 release of a Netflix dramatisation of Operation Safed Sagar, which renewed public interest in the technical and human details of the IAF's Kargil air campaign, including claims in the series about GPS interference by the United States. Former IAF Chief BS Dhanoa detailed the immense challenges of high-altitude night bombing and manual GPS coordinate conversions during the 1999…
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