Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved divisional status to Ladakh, which was part of the Kashmir division till now. The division of Ladakh, comprising of Leh and Kargil Districts, would be provided with a) separate administrative and revenue division with its headquarters at Leh, b) Divisional Commissioner, c) Inspector General of Police and d) other divisional level heads of various departments. With a separate administrative division for Ladakh region, the state of Jammu& Kashmir would ... Pinaka was used for the first time in Kargil war . The manufacturing of Pinaka missiles began with the help of Russian technology transfer.The plan was formulated in 1983 and manufacturing began in 1994. They took part in operations in the 1971 war , Operation Blue Star in Golden Temple Amritsar, Kargil conflict and in counter-insurgency operations in the country. The Mirage-2000 can carry out precision strikes during day and night and had played a decisive role in the 1999 war of Kargil . In 2011, a contract was signed to upgrade the existing Mirage-2000 jets with (a) advanced avionics (b) new multi-mode target radars (c)reconfigure glass cockpits (d) state-of-the-art warfare systems and (e) capability ...
