1 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,041 How can we impact the exact location? 2 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,416 Sir, there is some confusion. 3 00:00:22,666 --> 00:00:24,958 The same coordinates as today have come back for tomorrow, 4 00:00:25,041 --> 00:00:26,166 including point 4065. 5 00:00:27,750 --> 00:00:29,041 The Army told us to stop bombing 6 00:00:29,125 --> 00:00:31,166 because they wanted to commence the ground assault-- 7 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:32,166 They did. 8 00:00:32,250 --> 00:00:35,166 But the moment they climbed the hill, they were ambushed. 9 00:00:35,958 --> 00:00:38,750 Unfortunately, it's not just point 4065, 10 00:00:38,833 --> 00:00:41,083 it's with every peak that we have bombed. 11 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:43,000 But how's that possible, Sir? 12 00:00:43,083 --> 00:00:45,250 70% of our bombs have been on target. 13 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:46,958 Bombs are falling on the peaks, 14 00:00:47,041 --> 00:00:49,250 but because of our 100-to-150-meter error, 15 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:52,083 they are not directly destroying the bunkers. 16 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:54,666 And what we gather from the enemy's RT intercepts 17 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:56,750 is that the shrapnel from our bomb blasts 18 00:00:56,833 --> 00:00:59,083 isn't penetrating the bunkers which are made of stone. 19 00:00:59,166 --> 00:01:01,333 So their strategy is very simple now. 20 00:01:01,416 --> 00:01:02,916 The moment they hear our jets coming, 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,333 they go and hide in the bunkers. 22 00:01:05,416 --> 00:01:08,041 And when our army climbs there, they emerge from them again. 23 00:01:10,333 --> 00:01:12,750 Which simply means that… 24 00:01:12,833 --> 00:01:16,000 our so-called sophisticated high-altitude strategy… 25 00:01:17,333 --> 00:01:20,083 …is being neutralized by some pre-historic rocks. 26 00:01:21,541 --> 00:01:23,625 The Pakistan Army treated the bodies 27 00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:25,958 of our martyred soldiers with gross inhumanity 28 00:01:26,041 --> 00:01:27,000 {\an8}in the Kargil sector. 29 00:01:27,083 --> 00:01:28,500 {\an8}According to our Defense forces, 30 00:01:28,583 --> 00:01:30,750 {\an8}these bodies don't bear only bullet injuries. 31 00:01:30,833 --> 00:01:32,375 The bodies carry cigarette burn marks, 32 00:01:32,458 --> 00:01:33,958 pierced eardrums with hot spokes, 33 00:01:34,041 --> 00:01:36,666 and gouged eyeballs, and brutally cut body parts 34 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:37,833 have been reported as well. 35 00:01:37,916 --> 00:01:39,458 Amidst growing public outrage, 36 00:01:39,541 --> 00:01:41,500 the Indian Army said that the Pakistan Army 37 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:43,083 will be given a befitting reply 38 00:01:43,166 --> 00:01:45,833 for their inhuman brutality within the next 48 hours. 39 00:01:45,916 --> 00:01:47,583 Forty-eight hours, my foot! 40 00:01:48,708 --> 00:01:50,708 Even 48 years aren't enough. 41 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:03,958 I'm sorry. 42 00:03:06,166 --> 00:03:07,083 We tried. 43 00:03:16,708 --> 00:03:17,791 Jai Hind, Sir. 44 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:21,541 One of the captured Pakistani soldiers has regained consciousness. 45 00:03:22,416 --> 00:03:23,333 Tony, I'll see you. 46 00:03:32,166 --> 00:03:33,958 Stop! Get out of the way! 47 00:03:34,041 --> 00:03:35,458 - Stop! - Boys! 48 00:03:35,541 --> 00:03:37,208 Let us go inside, Sir. 49 00:03:37,291 --> 00:03:40,250 We will do to them what they have done to our brothers. 50 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:41,500 This is the Indian Army. 51 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:44,875 We're all angry about it. 52 00:03:46,166 --> 00:03:49,291 But whatever we do to them, we only do it on the battlefield. 53 00:03:50,083 --> 00:03:51,916 Not to an enemy who's half-dead. 54 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:03,333 Listen, you have two options. 55 00:04:03,416 --> 00:04:04,541 Either give us a confession, 56 00:04:04,625 --> 00:04:06,541 or my men are waiting for you outside. 57 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:09,916 And they all know that you're part of the 12 NLI. 58 00:04:11,541 --> 00:04:14,041 If I let them loose on you, 59 00:04:14,125 --> 00:04:15,791 - then-- - Let them do it, Sir. 60 00:04:17,208 --> 00:04:18,916 I have also killed their brothers. 61 00:04:20,666 --> 00:04:21,958 Aren't you afraid of dying? 62 00:04:22,041 --> 00:04:24,250 You can't kill a dead man twice. 63 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,458 So what did a dead man get by doing all of this? 64 00:04:27,750 --> 00:04:29,083 The same thing… 65 00:04:30,083 --> 00:04:31,500 that you all get. 66 00:04:33,583 --> 00:04:34,625 A salary. 67 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:39,125 Now you won't get that either. 68 00:04:40,833 --> 00:04:42,541 The 12 NLI's commander, 69 00:04:42,625 --> 00:04:46,583 the DGMO, General Musharraf, all of them have given a statement 70 00:04:47,125 --> 00:04:49,791 that all of you are not from the Pakistan Army. 71 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:52,208 Which country's army were you fighting for? 72 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:54,500 They're not even claiming you as one of their own. 73 00:04:54,583 --> 00:04:56,333 You're going to rot in a prison here. 74 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,125 Your poor family won't even know where you are or what happened to you, 75 00:05:02,208 --> 00:05:04,458 what state you were in when you died. 76 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:13,208 Sir. 77 00:05:14,541 --> 00:05:17,625 I… I want to tell you something. 78 00:05:23,583 --> 00:05:26,000 So, do you think after this soldier's confession, 79 00:05:27,041 --> 00:05:29,375 we could finally get permission to cross the LoC? 80 00:05:29,458 --> 00:05:31,708 Yeah, we've got all the army IDs. 81 00:05:31,791 --> 00:05:33,708 We also have all the military documents. 82 00:05:33,791 --> 00:05:36,000 In fact, we have recovered the SAMS as well, 83 00:05:36,083 --> 00:05:37,916 which were used to attack you. 84 00:05:39,416 --> 00:05:44,166 But if a country's army is disowning their own soldiers so blatantly like this, 85 00:05:44,250 --> 00:05:46,791 then-then what good is this proof? 86 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:50,791 I'm surprised. 87 00:05:50,875 --> 00:05:52,958 - I never thought a country's army-- - Sartaj! 88 00:05:54,833 --> 00:05:57,833 Can I just have a look at these SAMS? 89 00:06:11,666 --> 00:06:14,291 This doesn't seem to have radar cueing. 90 00:06:18,791 --> 00:06:19,708 Sir. 91 00:06:23,458 --> 00:06:24,458 Sartaj. 92 00:06:27,458 --> 00:06:30,416 I don't think the army would need to cross the LoC anymore. 93 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:34,208 Because we don't have to fly above the clouds any longer. 94 00:06:34,791 --> 00:06:37,291 We can now hit them from a low altitude. 95 00:06:37,375 --> 00:06:38,750 But… 96 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:40,958 Wouldn't you be within the range of their SAMS? 97 00:06:41,041 --> 00:06:42,333 Isn't that too risky, Tony? 98 00:06:42,416 --> 00:06:44,541 These are heat-seeking missiles. 99 00:06:44,625 --> 00:06:46,083 They don't have radar cueing. 100 00:06:46,166 --> 00:06:48,083 The target has to be locked visually. 101 00:06:48,166 --> 00:06:51,750 If they can't even see us in the night, how will they lock on to us? 102 00:06:51,833 --> 00:06:54,708 Sartaj, I need a secure line. 103 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:56,666 Chou. 104 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:58,416 You're flying tonight, aren't you? 105 00:06:58,500 --> 00:06:59,375 Yes, Sir. 106 00:06:59,458 --> 00:07:00,916 One change. 107 00:07:02,083 --> 00:07:03,666 I'll fly with you tonight. 108 00:07:03,750 --> 00:07:05,833 We need to do a little experiment. 109 00:07:15,458 --> 00:07:18,708 Releasing in three, two, one. 110 00:07:18,791 --> 00:07:20,333 Now. Bombs away. 111 00:07:21,458 --> 00:07:22,875 Bombs away. 112 00:07:29,083 --> 00:07:31,500 Job done, Arrows. Return to base now. 113 00:07:31,583 --> 00:07:32,416 Copy that. 114 00:07:48,708 --> 00:07:50,875 Arrow 1, confirm losing altitude. 115 00:07:50,958 --> 00:07:51,791 Checking tensions. 116 00:07:51,875 --> 00:07:52,875 Negative, Sir. 117 00:07:52,958 --> 00:07:54,666 We are still above the clouds. 118 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:56,583 The radar must be glitching out. 119 00:08:04,458 --> 00:08:06,416 Hide in the bunkers, quick! 120 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:08,083 Come on, come on! 121 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:16,125 Sir, communications secure on Channel 2. 122 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:18,250 Copy that. Let's enter the target valley. 123 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,166 Roger that. 124 00:08:24,041 --> 00:08:25,541 1500 meters above the target, Sir. 125 00:08:25,625 --> 00:08:27,250 I see the peak, not the bunkers. 126 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:29,041 - Let's go lower, Chou. - Roger, Sir. 127 00:08:30,125 --> 00:08:32,208 The jets sound quite close to us today. 128 00:08:33,375 --> 00:08:34,833 Chou, can you see anything? 129 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:37,833 No, Sir, negative. Let's go further down. 130 00:08:37,916 --> 00:08:39,625 Okay, Chou, but let's be careful. 131 00:08:39,708 --> 00:08:41,291 We are in their missile range now. 132 00:08:41,375 --> 00:08:42,416 Roger that. 133 00:08:49,416 --> 00:08:51,291 Okay, that's it, Chou. 134 00:08:51,375 --> 00:08:53,875 Target acquired. 1000 meters. Let's get the hell out of here! 135 00:08:53,958 --> 00:08:55,166 Roger that, Sir. 136 00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:01,000 Sir, I have checked their stinger missiles personally. 137 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:04,250 They don't have radar homing. They're heat-seeking missiles. 138 00:09:04,333 --> 00:09:06,208 We can take advantage of this situation, 139 00:09:06,291 --> 00:09:09,833 and fly below the clouds in the night and hit their bunkers directly. 140 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:11,291 Sorry, come again, Tony. 141 00:09:11,375 --> 00:09:14,958 You want to do visual guided bombing at night, in these mountains? 142 00:09:15,041 --> 00:09:16,541 We are in the moon phase, Sir. 143 00:09:16,625 --> 00:09:18,833 This white ocean glows in the night. 144 00:09:18,916 --> 00:09:20,833 Visibility is not a problem at all. 145 00:09:20,916 --> 00:09:23,166 But Tony, by the time you finish the trials, 146 00:09:23,250 --> 00:09:25,166 the moon cycle will be over, won't it? 147 00:09:25,250 --> 00:09:27,375 We'll have to wait another 15 days for the next cycle, 148 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:28,791 and we don't have that much time. 149 00:09:28,875 --> 00:09:31,916 I'm sorry, but we have already conducted the trial 150 00:09:32,958 --> 00:09:34,750 during tonight's night bombing. 151 00:09:35,791 --> 00:09:37,208 We can start right away. 152 00:09:37,291 --> 00:09:39,000 That was reckless, Tony. 153 00:09:39,708 --> 00:09:41,958 But they will never expect this. 154 00:09:42,041 --> 00:09:43,166 So let's do it. 155 00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:47,583 Low altitude night bombing is officially on. 156 00:10:09,541 --> 00:10:11,583 We're in the sector. Let's go down. 157 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:12,791 Roger. 158 00:10:12,875 --> 00:10:13,791 Descending now. 159 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:27,916 They're coming close again. 160 00:10:31,083 --> 00:10:33,416 Captain, get the SAM out. 161 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:34,666 Something is wrong. 162 00:10:35,541 --> 00:10:37,500 We don't know anything at all about their plan. 163 00:10:38,416 --> 00:10:40,250 We should hide in the bunkers. 164 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:43,708 If they dare to come into our missile range… 165 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:46,833 then like the last time, 166 00:10:46,916 --> 00:10:48,375 we will just shoot them down. 167 00:10:48,458 --> 00:10:50,125 Get the other SAM out as well. 168 00:10:50,208 --> 00:10:52,458 And everyone else, go hide inside the bunkers! Hurry up! 169 00:11:10,333 --> 00:11:14,208 2000 meters above target. Let's go down to 1000. 170 00:11:14,291 --> 00:11:15,500 Roger. 171 00:11:23,541 --> 00:11:24,583 Hurry up. 172 00:11:26,625 --> 00:11:28,958 They can come from any direction. 173 00:11:29,041 --> 00:11:30,708 Where should I aim? 174 00:11:32,666 --> 00:11:35,208 Arrow 2, I have a visual of the peak. 175 00:11:35,291 --> 00:11:36,458 Visual confirmed. 176 00:11:36,541 --> 00:11:39,250 Sir, I think they are coming from that side. 177 00:11:39,333 --> 00:11:41,291 Aim there. 178 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,708 Arrow 2, standby to acquired target. 179 00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:48,708 On standby. 180 00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:50,000 See the jet? 181 00:11:50,083 --> 00:11:51,708 I can't, Sir. It's very dark. 182 00:11:57,708 --> 00:11:59,458 The jets are coming towards us, Sir! 183 00:12:01,541 --> 00:12:02,708 Try and lock onto them now. 184 00:12:02,791 --> 00:12:04,833 Yes, Sir. I'm trying to lock in on the target, 185 00:12:04,916 --> 00:12:06,041 but it's not happening. 186 00:12:08,416 --> 00:12:11,416 Arrow 2, you have only six seconds after the release 187 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:12,916 - to climb up. - Copy that. 188 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,750 If you fire without locking target, we won't hit them. 189 00:12:15,833 --> 00:12:17,500 I don't think we have another option. 190 00:12:18,791 --> 00:12:21,083 - Arrow 2, bombs on standby. - Roger. 191 00:12:22,625 --> 00:12:23,916 Fire! 192 00:12:26,541 --> 00:12:27,375 Bombs away. 193 00:12:27,458 --> 00:12:28,500 Bombs away. 194 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:33,583 Pull up, exercise caution! Reheat! 195 00:13:07,958 --> 00:13:09,583 Flying Officer Dhali, 196 00:13:09,666 --> 00:13:11,958 you've become the youngest pilot in the Indian Air Force 197 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:14,958 to carry out low altitude night bombing in a war. 198 00:13:15,041 --> 00:13:16,625 Thank you for trusting me, Sir. 199 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:17,750 This was a real honor. 200 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,250 Boys, you've done it. 201 00:13:30,041 --> 00:13:35,000 Enemy positions on point 4065 have been completely destroyed by your bombs. 202 00:13:35,083 --> 00:13:37,958 The army will reclaim that peak within 24 hours. 203 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:40,875 This will change the face of the Kargil war. 204 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:47,041 It was just one peak today. 205 00:13:50,541 --> 00:13:53,041 We still have another ten moon nights to go, Sir. 206 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:57,625 Bombs away. 207 00:13:58,833 --> 00:14:00,375 Bombs away. 208 00:14:07,583 --> 00:14:09,500 We've lost the Bashir Post. 209 00:14:09,583 --> 00:14:12,250 We won't be able to send supplies to any peak in the Yaldor sector. 210 00:14:13,291 --> 00:14:16,041 {\an8}It's been almost two months since the Kargil war started. 211 00:14:16,125 --> 00:14:19,625 And now, with the Indian Air Force's low altitude night bombing, 212 00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:23,458 it seems that the tide of this war is turning in India's favor. 213 00:14:23,541 --> 00:14:26,500 Amidst the relentless bombing by the Indian Airforce, 214 00:14:26,583 --> 00:14:28,875 now Kargil's mountains also echo with the Bofors guns. 215 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:30,625 With the help of these Bofors guns, 216 00:14:30,708 --> 00:14:32,833 the Indian Army can now continuously shell 217 00:14:32,916 --> 00:14:34,958 enemy's positions around the clock. 218 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,708 {\an8}The defenses of the enemy have crumbled 219 00:14:37,791 --> 00:14:41,666 {\an8}going through the relentless pressure maintained by our ground forces 220 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:44,000 {\an8}and the heavy attrition caused on the enemy 221 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,791 {\an8}by the effective air strikes 222 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:48,458 {\an8}and the pounding undertaken by our artillery. 223 00:14:48,541 --> 00:14:50,500 {\an8}Pakistan has been suffering 224 00:14:50,583 --> 00:14:52,208 heavy losses on the battlefield, 225 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:55,291 while their condition on the diplomatic front has taken a hit. 226 00:14:55,375 --> 00:14:57,458 Pakistan's claim that the men fighting in Kargil 227 00:14:57,541 --> 00:15:00,333 are actually the Mujahideen has now completely fallen apart. 228 00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:02,458 The PoW statements clearly show that 229 00:15:02,541 --> 00:15:05,291 they're not the Mujahideen, but in fact, Pakistani soldiers. 230 00:15:05,375 --> 00:15:08,041 I am a soldier with the 12 Northern Light Infantry. 231 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:10,875 Initially, we used to have a lot of ration and provisions, 232 00:15:10,958 --> 00:15:12,250 and enough ammunition. 233 00:15:12,791 --> 00:15:15,791 {\an8}But, uh, when the Indian Army started attacking us, 234 00:15:15,875 --> 00:15:17,708 {\an8}our seniors completely abandoned us. 235 00:15:18,916 --> 00:15:21,208 If the Indian Army hadn't captured us, then… 236 00:15:21,291 --> 00:15:23,833 we would have definitely died of starvation, Sir. 237 00:15:23,916 --> 00:15:24,916 General Zia… 238 00:15:26,875 --> 00:15:29,791 erase his name from all the military records. 239 00:15:29,875 --> 00:15:32,875 And tell Hassan, henceforth whichever soldiers are sent there, 240 00:15:33,750 --> 00:15:36,583 all their ID cards need to be to confiscated. 241 00:15:37,916 --> 00:15:39,666 Are we even winning this war? 242 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:46,083 When has he ever told us the truth about what is happening there, Sir? 243 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:48,708 If you want to see the reality of this war, 244 00:15:48,791 --> 00:15:50,208 you'll have to come with me. 245 00:15:50,791 --> 00:15:52,333 In the last two weeks, 246 00:15:52,416 --> 00:15:55,833 due to the continuous operations of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, 247 00:15:55,916 --> 00:15:58,583 India has recaptured almost all the peaks in Kargil 248 00:15:58,666 --> 00:16:00,500 that were captured by the Pakistan Army. 249 00:16:00,583 --> 00:16:02,958 But some important peaks in Drass and Batalik, 250 00:16:03,041 --> 00:16:07,416 like the Tiger Hill and Point 4875, are still occupied by Pakistan. 251 00:16:27,583 --> 00:16:29,208 Welcome to Skardu, Sir. 252 00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:32,833 Mr. Nawaz is here to see the truth of this war 253 00:16:32,916 --> 00:16:34,708 with his own eyes, General Hassan. 254 00:16:34,791 --> 00:16:37,625 It would be better if nothing is hidden from him. 255 00:16:39,291 --> 00:16:40,791 Right, Sir. 256 00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:42,916 Let's, uh, go to the Officers' mess. 257 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:44,958 I'll give you a full update there. 258 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:47,958 General Hassan, 259 00:16:48,041 --> 00:16:51,208 the truth of a democracy is seen at a polling booth, 260 00:16:51,291 --> 00:16:53,208 and the truth of war 261 00:16:53,291 --> 00:16:54,916 can only be seen inside a hospital. 262 00:17:07,791 --> 00:17:10,416 Sir, this tent was empty till yesterday. 263 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:13,333 But the Indian Air Force carried out a big attack today, 264 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:16,666 which left a lot of our soldiers injured. 265 00:17:16,750 --> 00:17:19,208 Otherwise, everything was under control. 266 00:17:19,291 --> 00:17:21,125 Pakistan is winning the war, Sir. 267 00:17:42,458 --> 00:17:43,666 You call this winning? 268 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,083 Shame on such an army 269 00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:51,541 that couldn't even be loyal to its own soldiers. 270 00:18:01,916 --> 00:18:05,083 Who gave Mr. Nawaz permission to come to the base? 271 00:18:05,166 --> 00:18:08,041 When Islamabad isn't willing to support us in this cause, 272 00:18:08,125 --> 00:18:10,041 - then he has no right to come-- - Sir. 273 00:18:10,125 --> 00:18:12,708 The Aqil post has been lost. 274 00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:14,791 The Indian Air Force is bombing through the night-- 275 00:18:14,875 --> 00:18:16,500 Aziz has already briefed me. 276 00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:18,583 Don't miss the big picture, Hassan. 277 00:18:19,166 --> 00:18:21,500 Sir, the big picture is that we had no idea 278 00:18:21,583 --> 00:18:24,708 that such a small operation would escalate into such a big war. 279 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:27,125 All our assessments about the Indian Army 280 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:29,708 and the Indian Air Force has been absolutely wrong. 281 00:18:29,791 --> 00:18:31,208 And now the situation is such that 282 00:18:31,291 --> 00:18:33,958 the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force are ready for a bloodbath. 283 00:18:34,041 --> 00:18:36,916 I want solutions, I don't want complaints. 284 00:18:37,708 --> 00:18:39,250 There's only one solution. 285 00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:42,833 I think we should withdraw from this war, Sir. 286 00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:46,583 Hassan, wasn't it your idea 287 00:18:46,666 --> 00:18:49,750 that we should go ahead and capture all of these Indian posts? 288 00:18:49,833 --> 00:18:52,875 And I take full responsibility for our loss in this war. 289 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,125 I'm sorry, Sir. 290 00:18:56,583 --> 00:18:59,166 I will not send even one of my soldiers forward now. 291 00:19:00,958 --> 00:19:03,625 My conscience isn't allowing me to do this anymore. 292 00:19:06,916 --> 00:19:07,833 General Hassan… 293 00:19:09,541 --> 00:19:14,083 I hereby relieve you and your conscience from this operation. 294 00:19:14,791 --> 00:19:18,375 Now please hand over all your responsibilities to General Mahmud. 295 00:19:21,208 --> 00:19:22,291 That will be all. 296 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:24,375 Sir. 297 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:33,166 Pervez. 298 00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:34,541 Is everything okay? 299 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:38,333 Everything is fine. 300 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:44,041 Pervez, the Pakistan Air Force will not cross the LoC. 301 00:19:46,875 --> 00:19:48,166 Does that mean 302 00:19:48,958 --> 00:19:50,833 the Pakistan Airforce 303 00:19:50,916 --> 00:19:54,083 isn't going to do anything in the biggest operation of the country? 304 00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:56,875 {\an8}Did you consult with the Air Force or the Navy 305 00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:58,916 {\an8}before you started such a big operation? 306 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,708 Forget consulting with us. 307 00:20:00,791 --> 00:20:03,208 You didn't even think it was necessary to inform us. 308 00:20:03,291 --> 00:20:05,208 And now that your plan is failing, 309 00:20:05,958 --> 00:20:08,875 that's when you suddenly remembered the Pakistan Air Force. 310 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,791 In that case, Mr. Mehdi, 311 00:20:11,875 --> 00:20:14,166 we should sing praises for the Indian Air Force. 312 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,041 Mr. Mehdi, 313 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:18,750 the Indian Air Force 314 00:20:18,833 --> 00:20:21,750 must have also joined this operation at a moment's notice, right? 315 00:20:22,416 --> 00:20:25,125 As Air Chief, my answer is clear. 316 00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:27,791 I refuse to send my pilots 317 00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:30,208 on such suicide missions on a terrain like this. 318 00:20:30,916 --> 00:20:34,708 But, Pervez, since I'm your friend, I can do you a favor 319 00:20:34,791 --> 00:20:38,375 with which the Indian Air Force will not be able to target your bunkers. 320 00:20:48,958 --> 00:20:50,916 Arrow 2, preparing to descend. 321 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Roger. 322 00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:01,666 Arrow 2, approaching target. 323 00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:03,083 On your tail, Sir. 324 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,041 There. Aim there! 325 00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:25,208 Approaching target, 326 00:21:25,291 --> 00:21:26,583 - stay on my tail. - Roger. 327 00:21:27,375 --> 00:21:28,416 There! 328 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:33,791 Arrow 2. Bombs on standby. 329 00:21:47,708 --> 00:21:49,208 Missile! Pull up! Pull up! Pull up! 330 00:21:49,291 --> 00:21:50,875 The missile's range is 10,000 feet. 331 00:21:50,958 --> 00:21:52,750 If we climb higher, it won't reach us. 332 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:53,958 Copy that! 333 00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:58,041 Pull up, keep pulling up! 334 00:21:58,125 --> 00:21:59,208 Pulling up! 335 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:04,333 Hard right. 336 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,333 What the hell? 337 00:22:19,416 --> 00:22:21,041 How are they able to aim in the dark? 338 00:22:21,125 --> 00:22:22,166 No idea, Sir. 339 00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:23,791 Thankfully, you spotted it on time. 340 00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:24,875 It was sheer luck. 341 00:22:24,958 --> 00:22:26,791 I could spot the missile because it was dark. 342 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:28,916 Let's get the hell out of here, Arrow 2. 343 00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:39,833 Sir. 344 00:22:41,291 --> 00:22:42,166 Jai Hind, Sir. 345 00:22:42,250 --> 00:22:43,250 At ease. 346 00:22:49,416 --> 00:22:55,000 Skardu Base and Point 4875 had an RT conversation 347 00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:57,958 which the Military Intelligence has intercepted. 348 00:22:58,708 --> 00:22:59,791 Please. 349 00:23:03,208 --> 00:23:04,958 Base to 4875, fighters approaching. 350 00:23:05,041 --> 00:23:06,541 Two fighter jets approaching. 351 00:23:06,625 --> 00:23:07,750 - Get the SAMS. - Okay. 352 00:23:07,833 --> 00:23:09,625 Tell me their position and direction. 353 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:12,750 030 radial, losing altitude 650 kph. 354 00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:14,958 Expect visual contact in 30 seconds. 355 00:23:17,166 --> 00:23:20,458 The Pakistani Air Force is installing radars near the peaks. 356 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,208 Now, whenever our jets fly low in Drass, 357 00:23:24,291 --> 00:23:26,541 they will know exactly which heading we're coming from. 358 00:23:26,625 --> 00:23:28,166 This changes everything. 359 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,875 Our surprise element has been compromised. 360 00:23:32,458 --> 00:23:37,166 We wanted to reclaim Point 5280 during the last sorties of the moon cycle. 361 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,833 Because this peak in Kaksar 362 00:23:38,916 --> 00:23:41,125 was a link for them between Drass and Batalik. 363 00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:45,250 It was choking the NH1 for the Indian Army already, 364 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:48,250 but it's quite clear from Military Intelligence 365 00:23:48,333 --> 00:23:51,750 this is also the route for fresh reinforcements for the Pakistan Army 366 00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:55,250 to all Drass and Batalik peaks including Tiger Hill. 367 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,250 We have only two options left. 368 00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:01,500 Either the Mirage-2000 strikes from outside the missile range, 369 00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:05,958 or our army climbs up inch by inch and fights a long battle. 370 00:24:06,041 --> 00:24:07,875 This will really hurt us. 371 00:24:07,958 --> 00:24:11,666 But there are no unconventional strategies left to try. 372 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:15,000 It's time for the Golden Arrows to stand down. 373 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:17,333 Tony? 374 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:19,833 Sir. 375 00:24:35,958 --> 00:24:36,791 Sir. 376 00:24:38,125 --> 00:24:39,541 We can hit Point 5280. 377 00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:44,583 What did you not understand, Baldy? 378 00:24:45,708 --> 00:24:47,375 They have radars now. 379 00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:48,958 Didn't you hear Patney Sir? 380 00:24:49,041 --> 00:24:51,708 Exactly, Sir. But we can manage to trick those radars. 381 00:24:52,416 --> 00:24:53,333 Arrows. 382 00:24:53,416 --> 00:24:54,666 We've done this before. 383 00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:57,166 Ahuja Sir's transport jet strategy. 384 00:24:57,250 --> 00:24:58,375 Yes. 385 00:24:58,458 --> 00:24:59,958 We can do it, Sir. 386 00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:01,625 And we should do it today. 387 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,458 Tonight's the last night of the moon phase. 388 00:25:03,541 --> 00:25:05,791 Ahuja Sir had trained us for this very day. 389 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:08,166 He trained you. 390 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,041 Where? 391 00:25:10,125 --> 00:25:10,958 When? 392 00:25:11,041 --> 00:25:12,208 On flatlands? 393 00:25:12,291 --> 00:25:14,125 During the day? In peace time? 394 00:25:15,125 --> 00:25:18,583 The transport formation is a very difficult formation in itself. 395 00:25:18,666 --> 00:25:20,791 And we are supposed to be flying it 396 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:24,291 in the most dangerous mountains in the world, and that too at night, 397 00:25:24,375 --> 00:25:26,833 in the middle of a war? Get real boys. 398 00:25:28,791 --> 00:25:29,625 Sir. 399 00:25:30,625 --> 00:25:32,291 Whatever we have done in this war so far, 400 00:25:32,375 --> 00:25:35,666 day bombing, night bombing, high altitude, low altitude, 401 00:25:36,375 --> 00:25:38,083 we didn't practice for any of that either. 402 00:25:38,166 --> 00:25:39,958 This is not the same, Dhali. 403 00:25:40,041 --> 00:25:42,333 One needs a different level of readiness 404 00:25:42,416 --> 00:25:45,250 for such a difficult formation to be pulled off in such a terrain. 405 00:25:45,333 --> 00:25:46,416 And we are, Sir. 406 00:25:47,291 --> 00:25:48,208 We are fully ready. 407 00:25:48,291 --> 00:25:51,208 Baldy, you haven't flown even a single sortie here. 408 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:54,125 I'm sorry, Sir, but that's not my fault. 409 00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:57,500 I have memorized all maps ten times over. 410 00:25:57,583 --> 00:26:00,083 But you didn't trust me with a single sortie. 411 00:26:00,875 --> 00:26:02,166 Which is fine, that's your call. 412 00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:04,375 But readiness is not about the number of sorties-- 413 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,041 Madhavi is pregnant, Baldy. 414 00:26:17,291 --> 00:26:18,125 Sir. 415 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:20,458 I don't see the connection, Sir. 416 00:26:21,291 --> 00:26:22,541 That's my personal matter. 417 00:26:22,625 --> 00:26:25,291 This can't be the reason for you to stop me from flying. 418 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,000 Baldy is right. 419 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:35,541 This is the life we all signed up for, Sir. 420 00:26:36,125 --> 00:26:37,875 Let this be my call, Sir. 421 00:26:38,583 --> 00:26:40,125 Baldy should fly. 422 00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:44,875 Sir, whether anyone has been trained or not, 423 00:26:44,958 --> 00:26:47,458 we've definitely learnt how to back each other up. 424 00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:50,208 Sir, you told me once. 425 00:26:50,291 --> 00:26:51,875 No one's ever ready for war. 426 00:26:53,541 --> 00:26:55,083 If we go down, we go down together. 427 00:27:10,291 --> 00:27:11,125 Chou. 428 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:13,583 Ready the jets now. 429 00:27:18,125 --> 00:27:19,541 The boys are ready. 430 00:27:21,916 --> 00:27:22,833 Arrows… 431 00:27:23,916 --> 00:27:25,791 it'll be my honor to lead you. 432 00:27:30,625 --> 00:27:34,208 Boys, we can fool them with the transport formation 433 00:27:34,291 --> 00:27:37,458 but for a maximum of two to three minutes. 434 00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:41,291 That's why we will split into four pairs immediately 435 00:27:41,375 --> 00:27:44,708 after takeoff and approach from different valleys. 436 00:27:44,791 --> 00:27:48,625 We will fly below the crest level in the depths of the valleys, 437 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:51,125 so that their radar cannot pick us up. 438 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:54,125 We will have to fly through these valleys in perfect sync. 439 00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:58,458 So that we can all reach the delta point where these four valleys meet, 440 00:27:58,541 --> 00:28:00,125 together at the same time. 441 00:28:00,208 --> 00:28:04,250 There, we will form our eight-jet transport formation. 442 00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,583 And instead of eight different jets, 443 00:28:06,666 --> 00:28:11,000 a big transport aircraft dot will be visible to them on their radar. 444 00:28:11,083 --> 00:28:11,916 Is that clear, boys? 445 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,083 Okay. 446 00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:20,666 Uh, MET hotline, Sir. 447 00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:23,375 Heavy cloud formation ahead on Arrow 3's flight path. 448 00:28:24,125 --> 00:28:24,958 Alert them. 449 00:28:25,875 --> 00:28:27,041 {\an8}Arrow 3 scanners. 450 00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:30,583 {\an8}Heavy cloud buildup on radial 030-80 km. 451 00:28:30,666 --> 00:28:31,750 Exercise strong caution. 452 00:28:31,833 --> 00:28:33,875 Arrow 3. Consider alternate route. 453 00:28:33,958 --> 00:28:35,541 Arrow 1 copy. Standby, update. 454 00:28:35,625 --> 00:28:36,708 No alternate route. 455 00:28:36,791 --> 00:28:39,541 There are only two options, either we abort the mission, 456 00:28:39,625 --> 00:28:40,875 or go through the clouds. 457 00:28:40,958 --> 00:28:43,333 In that case, Arrow 3, abort approach. 458 00:28:43,416 --> 00:28:45,750 You will not go through the clouds in these mountains. 459 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:48,583 Arrow 1, if we abort the mission, everyone has to abort. 460 00:28:48,666 --> 00:28:50,916 That's okay. Arrows, standby to abort. 461 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,166 - Arrow 3 monitored. - Arrow 5 monitored. 462 00:28:53,250 --> 00:28:55,708 - Monitored. - Arrow 4, standby to pull up. 463 00:28:59,541 --> 00:29:00,750 Arrows, wait! 464 00:29:00,833 --> 00:29:02,000 We can go through the clouds. 465 00:29:02,083 --> 00:29:03,333 Dhali, you've done this before. 466 00:29:03,416 --> 00:29:05,333 Not in this terrain, Baldy. 467 00:29:05,416 --> 00:29:07,541 If the peak in front of us is more than 4000 meters, 468 00:29:07,625 --> 00:29:09,333 we'll crash straight into the mountains. 469 00:29:09,416 --> 00:29:10,916 Arrow 4, what do you suggest? 470 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,875 That peak is 4320 meters. 471 00:29:12,958 --> 00:29:15,666 If we maintain speed at 800, it'll take us exactly 10 seconds 472 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:17,750 to reach 4500 meters. 473 00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:20,500 Arrow 4, are you sure about your calculations? 474 00:29:20,583 --> 00:29:23,083 Sir, they don't call me Mr. Professor for nothing. 475 00:29:24,791 --> 00:29:26,041 Okay, Arrow 4. 476 00:29:26,125 --> 00:29:30,083 Go ahead, but I want to see all my pilots at the Delta point. 477 00:29:30,166 --> 00:29:31,708 Yes, Sir. You will. 478 00:29:33,666 --> 00:29:35,750 Arrow 3, follow my lead, maintain 800. 479 00:29:35,833 --> 00:29:37,083 Hey, Professor. 480 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:38,166 It's all up to you now. 481 00:30:01,958 --> 00:30:03,750 Speed steady at 800! 482 00:30:03,833 --> 00:30:05,333 Altitude 3250! 483 00:30:05,416 --> 00:30:06,291 Climbing! 484 00:30:09,250 --> 00:30:10,708 Alright, maintaining thrust. 485 00:30:12,041 --> 00:30:12,916 Dhali. 486 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,250 Max, reheat! 487 00:30:17,291 --> 00:30:18,666 3750. 488 00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:21,166 4000. 489 00:30:21,250 --> 00:30:23,541 The visibility is zero, but we are on track. 490 00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:25,208 Five seconds left. 491 00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:26,500 4250. 492 00:30:28,291 --> 00:30:29,666 Pull up. 493 00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:30,583 Pulling up! 494 00:30:32,625 --> 00:30:33,875 4500! 495 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:52,666 Arrow 3 and 4 at Delta, joining up. 496 00:30:53,458 --> 00:30:54,500 Well done, boys. 497 00:30:54,583 --> 00:30:56,583 Arrows join up in close formation. 498 00:30:56,666 --> 00:30:58,583 It's time to become a dot. 499 00:31:09,041 --> 00:31:09,958 Okay, boys. 500 00:31:10,041 --> 00:31:12,458 This mission is not mentioned in any manual. 501 00:31:12,541 --> 00:31:14,625 And if we succeed in doing this, 502 00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:16,458 we will write the manual ourselves. 503 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:18,666 Let's do this, boys. 504 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:24,666 {\an8}Transport aircraft flying in from South West Delhi heading. 505 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:25,958 {\an8}Details. 506 00:31:26,041 --> 00:31:27,958 {\an8}Currently at 27,000 feet. 507 00:31:28,666 --> 00:31:31,083 What is a transport jet doing here at this height? 508 00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:36,000 Check the movement sheet. Tell me which aircraft this is. 509 00:31:36,083 --> 00:31:37,000 Hamza, 510 00:31:37,083 --> 00:31:38,875 just check the movement sheet. Quickly. 511 00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:41,750 - You get SAMS out. - Okay, Sir. 512 00:31:43,625 --> 00:31:45,916 Arrows, 30 seconds to descend. 513 00:31:47,583 --> 00:31:50,208 Nothing on the movement sheet. Don't know what aircraft it is. 514 00:31:53,166 --> 00:31:54,250 Descend now. 515 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,666 Blip is rapidly losing altitude in your direction. 516 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,125 Dhali, Baldy, it's show time! 517 00:32:05,208 --> 00:32:06,375 - Copy. - Roger. 518 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:07,291 Split! 519 00:32:12,791 --> 00:32:14,083 It's a decoy. 520 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:15,208 There are eight jets, 521 00:32:15,291 --> 00:32:16,791 coming from different directions. 522 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000 What are you doing? 523 00:32:29,083 --> 00:32:31,416 - Why haven't you fired yet? - We can't see anything, Sir. 524 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,500 We can only hear the jets from all the sides. 525 00:32:33,583 --> 00:32:35,291 I can't figure which direction to target. 526 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:42,375 There are eight jets. Just fire! 527 00:32:44,416 --> 00:32:47,166 Arrow 2, missile at 12 o'clock, make right. 528 00:32:48,083 --> 00:32:50,916 Missiles evaded. Arrow 3 and 4, clear to fire. 529 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,041 Smoke them up, boys. 530 00:32:52,875 --> 00:32:54,666 These two jets are coming this way. 531 00:32:56,625 --> 00:32:57,458 Give me that! 532 00:33:01,291 --> 00:33:03,833 In three, two, one. 533 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:05,833 Now! Bombs away! 534 00:33:07,541 --> 00:33:08,791 Bombs away! 535 00:33:43,958 --> 00:33:46,583 Arrows, Ahuja would be proud of us. 536 00:33:47,666 --> 00:33:48,875 Let's get back home now. 537 00:33:55,958 --> 00:33:57,916 For the last two months, 538 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,708 all of us together, we've been fighting this war. 539 00:34:01,791 --> 00:34:05,041 The most unconventional war in history. 540 00:34:06,666 --> 00:34:10,208 Today, the Golden Arrows have pulled off a suicide mission 541 00:34:10,291 --> 00:34:13,666 and completed it with zero casualties and they have proved 542 00:34:14,291 --> 00:34:16,250 that the Indian Air Force fighters, 543 00:34:16,333 --> 00:34:19,833 they don't just touch the impossible, they break right through it. 544 00:34:19,916 --> 00:34:22,625 Yes! Yes! 545 00:34:22,708 --> 00:34:27,500 Boys, victory is now just a few peaks away from us. 546 00:34:27,583 --> 00:34:31,916 And you Arrows have given us the time to ready our most powerful weapon, 547 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,458 the Mirages. 548 00:34:33,541 --> 00:34:35,541 Their laser-guided bombs are live, 549 00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:36,875 locked, 550 00:34:36,958 --> 00:34:39,500 and loaded to conquer Tiger Hill. 551 00:34:39,583 --> 00:34:40,750 Boys. 552 00:34:40,833 --> 00:34:42,625 Every day, for the past few days, 553 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:43,666 we've only been hearing 554 00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:46,625 about system errors and the struggles of our soldiers. 555 00:34:47,208 --> 00:34:50,625 But finally, our own laser-guided bombs are ready. 556 00:34:51,375 --> 00:34:54,708 The frustration through this struggle, and the anger that's built up within us, 557 00:34:55,541 --> 00:34:57,000 isn't less than a bomb itself. 558 00:34:57,625 --> 00:34:58,875 Are the Battleaxes 559 00:34:58,958 --> 00:35:00,583 prepared to give the enemy a final blow 560 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:02,083 - in this war? - Yes, Sir! 561 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,833 - Shatrunjaya! - Shatrunjaya! 562 00:35:03,916 --> 00:35:05,708 - Shatrunjaya! - Shatrunjaya! 563 00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:28,041 Nambiar, laser on. Ready? 564 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:29,208 More than ready. 565 00:35:29,291 --> 00:35:31,375 Ten kilometers away. Start zooming in. 566 00:35:33,250 --> 00:35:34,250 Visual acquired. 567 00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:36,416 Enemy bunker's clear as day. 568 00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:39,166 Let's crush the ego of Little Pakistan once and for all. 569 00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:41,500 Roger! Bombs away! 570 00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:43,166 Bombs away! 571 00:35:47,375 --> 00:35:49,916 {\an8}After nearly 11 hours of relentless combat 572 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,416 {\an8}supported by precision strikes from Indian Air Force Mirage jets, 573 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:56,666 {\an8}Indian forces have recaptured Tiger Hill. 574 00:35:56,750 --> 00:35:59,208 {\an8}This decisive victory restores Indian control 575 00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:01,333 {\an8}over the strategic heights of Drass, 576 00:36:01,416 --> 00:36:04,541 {\an8}marking a significant turning point in the Kargil conflict. 577 00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:07,625 {\an8}Along with Tiger Hill, the Indian Air Force's Mirage jets 578 00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:11,625 {\an8}also attacked the Pakistan supply base at Muntho Dalo in the Batalik sector, 579 00:36:11,708 --> 00:36:14,541 around 300 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in this attack. 580 00:36:21,250 --> 00:36:22,708 Where is Mister Prime Minister? 581 00:36:22,791 --> 00:36:25,833 The Prime Minister has left for… 582 00:36:25,916 --> 00:36:27,208 Washington D.C. alone. 583 00:36:34,541 --> 00:36:36,500 {\an8}Thank you for agreeing to see me today. 584 00:36:36,583 --> 00:36:38,791 You barged in here 585 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:41,666 and blackmail me with a threat of nuclear war. 586 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:46,125 I am sorry. Nuclear war? I don't follow, Mr. President. 587 00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,125 Either you are a very good actor 588 00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:51,875 or you have no idea what's happening in your own backyard. 589 00:36:52,583 --> 00:36:57,625 Your army has mobilized nuclear assets. We are tracking them right now. 590 00:37:00,083 --> 00:37:01,958 I don't know what you are talking about. 591 00:37:02,041 --> 00:37:03,750 I promise, Mr. President. 592 00:37:03,833 --> 00:37:05,583 I told you before, Nawaz. 593 00:37:05,666 --> 00:37:09,416 I need to speak with whoever is in charge, whoever runs your country. 594 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,291 I-I am in charge. 595 00:37:12,291 --> 00:37:14,625 I am here with the mandate of the people of Pakistan. 596 00:37:14,708 --> 00:37:17,666 And it's that mandate you're looking to protect by coming here? 597 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:18,833 Yes, of course. 598 00:37:18,916 --> 00:37:20,083 Let me be very clear. 599 00:37:20,791 --> 00:37:24,083 Unless you came here to announce the unilateral withdraw 600 00:37:24,166 --> 00:37:27,375 of your troops from Indian territory, we don't have much to talk about. 601 00:37:29,708 --> 00:37:31,291 I can withdraw my troops. 602 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:37,083 But I have to show something to my people, for this conflict. 603 00:37:38,708 --> 00:37:41,250 And only you can help me with this, Mr. President. 604 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:44,875 Let me get this straight. 605 00:37:44,958 --> 00:37:48,083 You want me to broker your retreat? 606 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:50,833 I thought you didn't want any outside interference. 607 00:37:57,416 --> 00:37:59,291 Mr. Vajpayee is not taking my calls. 608 00:37:59,958 --> 00:38:02,416 And if I return empty-handed, Mr. President, 609 00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:05,666 the same people who started this fire… 610 00:38:07,541 --> 00:38:10,125 will throw me back in the same fire and burn me. 611 00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:13,291 Mr. Sharif, 612 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:15,458 the United States 613 00:38:15,541 --> 00:38:18,708 will not be dragged into a civil-military tug of war 614 00:38:18,791 --> 00:38:21,833 between Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 615 00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:27,125 I have two statements here. 616 00:38:28,416 --> 00:38:30,666 One, commend you 617 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:34,500 for withdrawing troops right way and committing to regional stability. 618 00:38:36,666 --> 00:38:39,333 And the other, condemns you 619 00:38:39,416 --> 00:38:42,291 for illegally occupying Indian soil 620 00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:44,916 and threatening world peace with nuclear weapons. 621 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,208 Call your cabinet. 622 00:38:51,041 --> 00:38:52,416 Take your time. 623 00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:58,125 And decide how you want to be remembered, Mr. Sharif. 624 00:39:07,541 --> 00:39:11,083 After hours of tense negotiations in Washington D.C., 625 00:39:11,166 --> 00:39:13,125 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced 626 00:39:13,208 --> 00:39:15,791 {\an8}a unilateral withdrawal of Pakistani troops 627 00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,208 {\an8}from the heights of Kargil. 628 00:39:17,291 --> 00:39:19,666 {\an8}The Kargil war is now effectively over 629 00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:21,875 and the victory belongs to India. 630 00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:24,291 My sources in the ISI are saying… 631 00:39:25,458 --> 00:39:28,416 that Mr. Nawaz is planning to put the whole blame on you. 632 00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:31,500 They foresee a court-martial. 633 00:39:32,666 --> 00:39:35,083 We've lost this war, Sir. 634 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:41,000 General Mahmud, you worry unnecessarily. 635 00:39:43,333 --> 00:39:45,000 We've just lost Kargil, 636 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:46,125 not Pakistan. 637 00:39:46,208 --> 00:39:50,041 You need to remove the fear of court-martial from your mind… 638 00:39:52,833 --> 00:39:55,375 and start preparing to impose martial law in this country. 639 00:39:57,416 --> 00:40:00,125 There are reports of public outrage in Pakistan. 640 00:40:00,208 --> 00:40:03,458 The Pakistan Army maintains that they were winning this war, 641 00:40:03,541 --> 00:40:06,500 and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif bent the knee under American pressure. 642 00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:08,375 The word is spreading fast 643 00:40:08,458 --> 00:40:12,041 and the Prime Minister's effigies are being burnt in many cities. 644 00:40:12,125 --> 00:40:13,375 In the middle of all of this, 645 00:40:13,458 --> 00:40:17,208 the families of the Pakistani soldiers demand answers from their government, 646 00:40:17,291 --> 00:40:19,416 "Are their loved ones alive?" 647 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:22,333 Sir. 648 00:40:23,041 --> 00:40:25,166 The Pakistan Army is refusing to accept these bodies. 649 00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:28,000 We bury them as per their religion. 650 00:40:28,625 --> 00:40:29,541 Sir, but they are-- 651 00:40:29,625 --> 00:40:30,541 They're all soldiers. 652 00:40:30,625 --> 00:40:32,208 They can forget this fact. 653 00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:35,083 But we will not. 654 00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:41,541 There is a difference between them and us. 655 00:40:43,125 --> 00:40:44,041 Right? 656 00:40:44,125 --> 00:40:45,000 Yes, Sir. 657 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,166 Climbing difficult altitudes, 658 00:40:48,250 --> 00:40:50,333 {\an8}fighting difficult battles, 659 00:40:51,250 --> 00:40:55,000 {\an8}our brave army has pushed them back, 660 00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:57,416 and showed our enemies 661 00:40:59,208 --> 00:41:04,166 how dangerous it can be to go against India. 662 00:41:04,250 --> 00:41:05,875 Let this be a lesson for them. 663 00:41:55,250 --> 00:41:56,666 When were you going to tell me? 664 00:41:57,791 --> 00:41:58,833 After the delivery? 665 00:42:00,875 --> 00:42:03,083 On the day you didn't have a sortie. 666 00:42:08,083 --> 00:42:09,583 Congratulations, Madhavi. 667 00:42:09,666 --> 00:42:10,583 Thank you, Sir. 668 00:42:25,666 --> 00:42:26,625 Did you hear my jet? 669 00:42:27,666 --> 00:42:28,500 Loud and clear. 670 00:42:41,208 --> 00:42:44,500 The Indian Air Force has played a very important role 671 00:42:44,583 --> 00:42:46,125 in the victory in Kargil. 672 00:42:46,208 --> 00:42:47,750 So how are you all feeling about it? 673 00:42:48,416 --> 00:42:50,375 We are like razor blades. 674 00:42:51,541 --> 00:42:54,166 Wherever we are sent, our job is just to cut through. 675 00:42:54,875 --> 00:42:58,208 Thinking or feeling, that's not what we do. 676 00:42:58,291 --> 00:43:00,333 Sir, when you lost Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja 677 00:43:00,416 --> 00:43:02,250 on the first day of the operation itself, 678 00:43:02,333 --> 00:43:03,708 how did you feel then? 679 00:43:04,958 --> 00:43:06,875 Sir, that's my question as well. 680 00:43:06,958 --> 00:43:09,291 Ahuja Sir could have come back if he wanted to. 681 00:43:10,041 --> 00:43:11,666 But he went beyond the call of duty, 682 00:43:11,750 --> 00:43:14,291 was it the right thing to do according to you? 683 00:43:14,916 --> 00:43:16,875 Because of the decision he made, 684 00:43:16,958 --> 00:43:18,416 we not only lost a jet, 685 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:20,375 but a valuable pilot as well. 686 00:43:20,958 --> 00:43:23,291 Sir, I just wanted to know your opinion on this. 687 00:43:25,625 --> 00:43:26,458 - Uh… - Sir. 688 00:43:26,541 --> 00:43:27,416 May I? 689 00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:29,583 Sure. 690 00:43:30,416 --> 00:43:31,333 Thank you. 691 00:43:31,916 --> 00:43:35,333 Has any of you ever been in a MiG-21 cockpit? 692 00:43:35,416 --> 00:43:36,625 No, Sir. 693 00:43:37,708 --> 00:43:41,875 Let me tell you what a MiG-21 is 694 00:43:41,958 --> 00:43:43,750 really like for a fighter pilot. 695 00:43:45,166 --> 00:43:48,000 To begin with, imagine being tied to such a seat 696 00:43:48,083 --> 00:43:49,125 that doesn't let you move. 697 00:43:49,208 --> 00:43:52,208 Then imagine a couple hundred controls around you, 698 00:43:52,291 --> 00:43:55,166 and also some 4000 liters of fuel around you. 699 00:43:55,250 --> 00:43:57,250 Just one small spark 700 00:43:57,333 --> 00:43:59,500 can turn the jet around you into a bomb, 701 00:43:59,583 --> 00:44:01,750 and you have no choice but to fly this live bomb 702 00:44:01,833 --> 00:44:03,333 faster than the speed of sound. 703 00:44:03,416 --> 00:44:04,750 One small mistake… 704 00:44:06,250 --> 00:44:07,416 and you can turn into ashes. 705 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:12,083 This is a MiG-21 fighter pilot's daily reality. 706 00:44:12,708 --> 00:44:14,125 Now I want to ask you, Sir. 707 00:44:15,041 --> 00:44:17,083 If you were in that cockpit that day, 708 00:44:17,166 --> 00:44:18,833 what would have been your first priority? 709 00:44:18,916 --> 00:44:19,916 - To survive. - To survive. 710 00:44:20,541 --> 00:44:21,458 Exactly. 711 00:44:21,541 --> 00:44:23,750 That day in that situation, 712 00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:26,208 Flight Commander Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja 713 00:44:26,291 --> 00:44:29,541 gave someone else's life more priority than his own life. 714 00:44:34,916 --> 00:44:37,083 Nobody has the right… 715 00:44:37,166 --> 00:44:40,000 …to ask whether he made the right call or not. 716 00:44:43,916 --> 00:44:45,000 Any more questions? 717 00:44:45,916 --> 00:44:47,375 No, Sir. 718 00:44:47,458 --> 00:44:48,333 Jai Hind. 719 00:45:29,916 --> 00:45:30,750 Tony? 720 00:45:33,625 --> 00:45:34,583 He's gone to Delhi. 721 00:45:35,375 --> 00:45:36,208 Paperwork. 722 00:45:46,125 --> 00:45:47,958 Happy landings, boys. 723 00:46:26,458 --> 00:46:27,291 Tony? 724 00:46:33,541 --> 00:46:34,666 How are you? 725 00:46:41,250 --> 00:46:43,166 Um, I spoke to Kamal on the phone yesterday. 726 00:46:43,250 --> 00:46:45,083 She didn't tell me you're… 727 00:46:50,625 --> 00:46:51,541 Alka, I… 728 00:46:54,541 --> 00:46:55,375 I'm… 729 00:46:57,125 --> 00:46:58,208 really sorry. 730 00:47:01,125 --> 00:47:02,583 The thing is, I… 731 00:47:04,583 --> 00:47:07,375 I couldn't gather the courage to come and face you earlier. 732 00:47:14,791 --> 00:47:16,208 I keep thinking that I… 733 00:47:17,166 --> 00:47:18,916 I should have been there with Ajay that day. 734 00:47:22,750 --> 00:47:24,083 Maybe if I was there, I'd… 735 00:47:29,458 --> 00:47:30,541 Would you like some coffee? 736 00:47:47,083 --> 00:47:48,791 On the day of the cremation… 737 00:47:50,375 --> 00:47:51,791 I said a lot of things. 738 00:47:52,375 --> 00:47:53,916 Tony, I was just very angry. 739 00:47:55,791 --> 00:47:57,333 But you were absolutely right. 740 00:48:00,416 --> 00:48:01,541 I… 741 00:48:02,791 --> 00:48:04,583 Alka, I broke your trust. 742 00:48:08,666 --> 00:48:09,625 Tony… 743 00:48:12,666 --> 00:48:13,916 You need to forgive yourself. 744 00:48:20,541 --> 00:48:22,125 See, the truth is, 745 00:48:22,208 --> 00:48:23,666 that day, you, 746 00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:26,333 or me, or Ankur… 747 00:48:26,416 --> 00:48:29,625 no one could have stopped Ajay, that's just how he was. 748 00:48:30,958 --> 00:48:32,375 Please, forgive yourself, Tony. 749 00:48:33,208 --> 00:48:34,333 Please.