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Op Safed Sagar: Why ex-IAF Chief thinks the US didn’t manipulate GPS during Kargil
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The Indian Express
The Netflix series Operation Safed Sagar has spurred an interest in the key details of the Indian Air Force’s air operations during the Kargil conflict.
17 Golden Arrows — which together carried out air operations during the conflict in unique and innovative ways, including night bombing missions over the snow-clad, towering peaks of Kargil.
What were some of the challenges you faced while carrying out bombing operations at night at such a high altitude?
However, the Time Arc-6 GPS sets built into the MiG 21 and MiG 23 BN aircraft allowed one to select to fly on Indian Everest coordinates.
So, as shown in the series, against a surveyed point on the ground (given in Indian Everest Coordinates), a handheld GPS set would show an error, which had to be corrected.