Rao put down the secure phone and stared at screen in front of him. After years of searching, they finally had a good bead on dreaded Zab-a-Zerb chief Hafiz Zargar and two other persons of interest. That too at the same place. ZaZ was responsible for 5 major terror attacks in India which had killed a total of 89 Indian citizens and was also financing a number of Islamist organisations in India including SIMI and Jamaat. The last time he was sighted was in 2021 in Kabul during American withdrawal. By the time Rao’s hitmen reached Zargar’s safehouse, he had already vanished. Rao didn’t know whether he was tipped off by an informant or moved
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Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 3: Pakistani Army Armoured Corps
Pakistani armoured corps is a fairly strong military arm with a large number of tanks of various types in service. Pakistan Army (PA) doctrine depends upon their tanks to repel or hold any Indian invasion in most non-mountainous sectors south of Sunderbani in Jammu. Pakistani tanks have played important roles in all wars against India […]
Kaalkut Chapter 33 – Excerpt
Gujarat Coast Day 2. 03:55 Hours A flight of eight maritime Jaguars belonging to No. 6 Squadron “Dragons” had taken off from Jamnagar around an hour back and were flying westwards over the blue waves barely 50 meters below them. Pilots of these aircraft had trained to fly over land too at a similar height, […]
Kaalkut Chapter 32 – Excerpt
Fuk Che and Demchok Day 1, 11:00 Hours Indian positions in Fuk Che and Demchok held by 70th Infantry and 79th Mountain Infantry brigades were faring slightly better than those in DBO. PLA had attacked these two positions with two Combined Arms Brigades (CABs), 12th and 182nd supported by elements of 76th Artillery Brigade belonging […]
Kaalkut Chapter 30 – Excerpt
Skies Over PoJK Day 1. 06:10 Hours Pakistan Air Force had sent fourteen Mirage-III and Mirage-V jets belonging to 15th and 25th squadrons from Rafiqui airbase to attack Indian ground targets. Eight F-16Cs of the 5th squadron and six JF-17s of the 2nd Squadron from Jacobabad airbase were flying with them to provide air cover. […]
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 5: Air Force
PLA AIR FORCE ORBAT & STRUCTURE In December 2011, PLAAF started creation of Air Brigade structure by upgrading 14 existing Air Regiment (AR) HQs and abolished 4 existing Air Division HQs. All the brigades were assigned to one of four Bases New Command Structure for fighter and ground attack aircraft is as following: PLAAF HQ […]
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 2: Composition Of Ground Forces
PLA has changed its command structure from Group Army, Division, Regiment to one comprising Group Army, Brigades and Battalions. Each of five Theatre Commands has 2-3 Group Armies (total of 13) under its control which in turn have 5-6 CABs in combat role and 4-7 brigades and independent battalions in supporting roles. Some TCs like Western TC have a few independent divisions and Border Defence Regiments (BDR) under their command. Though it started to change in 2020. More on this later.
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 1 :Reorganisation of Chinese Military
Updated: Oct 2022 All data plus some more in e-book format: https://amzn.to/3Vil8lQ. Early access & some extras on Patreon. In September 2015, General Logistic Department (GLD), the General Staff Department, General Political Department, and General Armaments Department were reorganised into seven departments, three commissions and five affiliated bodies. Chinese military structure now includes the following […]