India, Feb. 25 -- More than 26 years ago, the Indian Air Force's Mirage-2000 H targeted Pakistani intruders in Drass and Batalik sectors using Israeli Litening pods to destroy all camps and logistics of the enemy in Kargil theatre on June 17, 1999. The Litening pods were mounted on Indian Mirage to paint the target and then hit it using laser guided bombs. The move turned out to be a game-changer and the Pakistani resistance soon folded much to the chagrin of then megalomaniac Pakistan leader Gen Pervez Musharraf and then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was kept in the dark by his own armed forces.

Cut to Uri Surgical Strike, Operation Bandar in Balakot and Operation Sindoor last May 7, India has been using Israel precision guided missil...