What really happened behind India's 2016 surgical strikes across the Line of Control? How was the operation planned, what happened inside the crucial meetings before the mission, and what did it take to bring every soldier back safely?

On Episode 58 of #CtrlAltDefence, Shiv Aroor and Vishnu Som speak to Lieutenant General Satish Dua (retd.), the former Chinar Corps Commander who was at the centre of the planning and execution of the 2016 surgical strikes, in a rare first-hand account of one of India's most significant special forces operations. Ten years after the Uri terror attack and the operation that followed, Lt Gen Satish Dua revisits the decisions, preparations, risks and execution of the mission.

Episode 58
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How the 2016 surgical strikes were planned after Uri
What happened when Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in Srinagar
How the young officers and soldiers for the mission were selected
Who chose the targets and how the Army prepared for the operation
What Lt Gen Satish Dua saw as the strikes unfolded in real time
How the targets were engaged and what happened on the ground
Why the unnamed soldiers who carried out the mission remain at the heart of the story

Episode 58 takes you inside the operation through the recollections of one of the key commanders at its centre.

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