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Interrogating the Claims: Army’s Trans-Border Raid in Myanmar
Economic & Political Weekly | Subir Bhaumik | June 13, 2015
Anyone aware of ground realities along the India-Myanmar border, specially the jungles of Sagaing region where the assault reportedly took place, would know that if the para commandos were dropped at the border and hit a rebel base and returned within 45 minutes, the base would not be "deep inside Myanmar". Knowing the punishing Sagaing terrain where these rebel camps are located, it would be too much to expect, even from the toughest of commandos to make even two to three kilometres on the run with heavy weapons like rocket propelled grenades and medium machine guns, hit the camp and de-induct within 45 minutes. Even if they had the benefit of guides from the anti-Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), who have broken off from the Burmese Naga rebel chieftain three months ago, it would be an impossible task.
So it would be more accurate to imagine that perhaps the camp(s) attacked were right on the border or very close to it. If that was the case, it would be naive to expect that the commandos could retain the surprise as the noise made by helicopters in such desolate jungle terrain would be picked up by ever-alert rebel sentries even from a substantial distance. If the rebels pick up the noise of the helicopters -- as indeed they would if the drop was near rather than far from their camp -- they would either rush to pre-determined ambush locations around their camps to welcome the commandos or just abandon it, if they felt that they do not have enough strength and were not confident of making a fight of it.
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