A friendly word of advice to officials and media in India still going bat do-do over an alleged terrorist drone attack on one of the nation’s air force bases: Don’t do the work of extremists for them. That’s a reminder that anyone responding to suspected terror action should remember, but one particularly worth shouting above the hysterical din still raging in India more than a week after the June 27 incident.
Little known about alleged drone attack on air base
This DroneDJ piece provides the crux of what is known about the attack – and what various actors claim to be true. The one-line summary is two apparently commercial-size drones dropped explosives on an air force base building in Jammu’s Srinigar district – about 8.7 miles from the Pakistani border – blowing a hole in it and slightly injuring two people. From there, allegations and counter-charges veer wildly, with the only constant thread in official comment and media coverage being hype, fear…
