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Did IAF use a secret bomb to strike Jaish-e-Mohammad camp at Balakot?

IAF sources have also made another claim to explain why the Balakot camp buildings are still standing.

Pakistan’s army soldier stands at the edge of a crater, after IAF fighter jets struck on February 26, according to Pakistani officials, in Jaba village, near Balakot, Pakistan	Photo: Reuters
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Pakistan’s army soldier stands at the edge of a crater, after IAF fighter jets struck on February 26, according to Pakistani officials, in Jaba village, near Balakot, Pakistan Photo: Reuters

Ajai Shukla New Delhi
Army bomb experts said if the Indian Air Force (IAF) had used SPICE 2000 precision-guided bombs to strike the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in Balakot, Pakistan, on February 26, they would have utterly demolished any regular brick-and-mortar buildings they hit.

The IAF has insisted it hit its targets. If that is indeed true, then the lack of obvious damage could mean it has used a different bomb — possibly procured secretly from Israel.

Business Standard spoke to army explosives experts to verify the IAF’s claim, made anonymously to two national newspapers on Thursday, that the four buildings they hit in Balakot

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