1. Attack terrorist training camps with specialforces
Problems:
- No low-flying night helo* capability
- No unified special operations command
2. Eliminate terrorist group leaders with commandos
Problems:
- No low-flying night helo (helicopter) capability
- No unified special operations command
3. Aerial strike on terrorist training camps andgroup headquarters
Problems:
- No AWACS to smother retaliation
- No ground-based laser designation
4. Attack ISI in third country like Nepal
Problems:
- Lack of political will
- No special operations command to do it
- No permanent liaison with RAW
Recommendations
- Form special operations command with US and British assistance, under defence vice-chief
- Permanent links with RAW, Air Research Centre, IAF recce
- Commander should be a fit young colonel below 45 years of age. Tri-service force allocation for three years at a time.
- Co-opt IAF platforms, army and marine commandos, mapping, model making communication units
- Training assistance from British SAS
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Possible targets of strike forces could be:
- Muridke (LeT chief based in Muridke near Lahore) or further up north beyond Muzaffarabad where the PoK terrorist camps are.
- Karachi is another possibility where Fazal-ur-ahman and Masood Azhar are. Could be targeted by marine commandos
- Muzaffarabad: Commandos can be landed from helicopters to strike terrorist leaders)
- SU-30K: Long-range (over 3,000 km) multi-role strike aircraft can launch airstrike on training camps from Pune
