Rajnath Singh to attend Kargil victory celebrations in Dras
Top military officials, including army chief General Dhiraj Seth, will attend the event to commemorate victory in the limited war

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Top military officials, including army chief General Dhiraj Seth, will attend the event to commemorate victory in the limited war
Dras/New Delhi: The deployment of Mirage 2000 jets, which carried precision laser-guided bombs, as well as the MiG-21s and MiG-27s under Operation Safed Sagar dealt a "decisive and crushing blow" to the adversary and hastened their withdrawal from strategic heights in the 1999 Kargil conflict, a senior IAF officer said. Under Operation Safed Sagar, the Indian Air Force used high-precision bombs to target the enemy for the first time. The nation marked the 27th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26, and many Kargil war veterans, including a retired IAF officer who was part of the operati
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