NEW DELHI – Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said India been facingterrorism since Independence and that security forces and all agenciessupporting them have met these challenges head on.
“We have been able to ensure that the insurgency has been brought undercontrol. Of course in the Kashmir Valley, we have been witnessing ups anddowns of insurgencies.
“That’s because they got support from our western neighbour. At the sametime many (people) are misguided due to a misinformation campaign spread byterrorists. But we have brought the situation under control,” he said.
The Chief of Army staff was interacting with the media here yesterday afterreviewing the passing-out parade of 264 trainees, comprising midshipmen andcadets of the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and 10 international cadets.
Asked about the radar comment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rawat saidsome types of radar cannot see through clouds because of the manner inwhich it is operates.
“There are various kinds of radars working with different technologies.Some have the capacity to see through, some don’t have the capacity to seethrough.
“Some kinds of radar cannot see through clouds because of the manner inwhich it is operating. Sometimes we can, sometimes we can’t,” Rawat said.
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In a television interview aired recently, Modi had said he used his “rawwisdom” to dispel doubts of defence experts, who wanted the air strike tobe deferred due to bad weather.
“The weather was not good on the day of air strike. There was a thoughtthat crept in the minds of the experts that the day of strike should bechanged.
“However, I suggested that the clouds could actually help our planes escapethe radars,” Modi had said while talking about the cross-border strike onterror camps in response to the Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40CRPF personnel.
The prime minister’s comment drew widespread ridicule and condemnation fromvarious quarters, including a large number of memes on the social media.
