Vijay Diwas 2026

Why Altitude, Not the Enemy, Has Been India’s Toughest Adversary Since Kargil

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Infographic showing India's defence modernisation arc from the 1999 Kargil to the Operation Sindoor, plotted as a rising trajectory across a Himalayan mountain silhouette with milestone markers at the 2016 surgical strikes, 2019 Balakot, and 2020 Galwan clash.

Kargil to Operation Sindoor: India’s Defence Leap Twenty-five years separate the Bofors gun from the BrahMos missile. Both fought the same mountain. TES Brief Kargil…