<p>At a hurriedly called security review meeting at the defence ministry following the Pathankot attack, one of the questions being debated was – is there a shift in the strategy of Pakistan-based terrorists to use more relaxed Punjab borders as the entry point ?<br /><br /></p>.<p>Those who attended the review conference in the South Block are Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who rushed from Goa; National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy and heads of the top intelligence agencies.<br /><br />The top brass in the security establishment not only reviewed the ground situation but also discussed if terror handlers across the border are adopting a new infiltration scheme.<br /><br />The strike on the Indian Air Force’s Pathankot base that houses MiG-21 fighter jets and MI-35 gunships were carried out by a group of militants in combat fatigues, who are understood to have crossed the border in Punjab rather than using their known routes in Jammu and Kashmir. <br /><br />The international border is just 35 km (as the crow flies) from the Pathankot air base.<br /><br />The pattern is similar to the last terror strike in July 2015, when the ultras stormed Dinanagar police station in Gurdaspur district.<br /><br /> Dinanagar is about 15 km from Ravi river, which is monitored by the Border Security Force’s water wing.</p>
<p>At a hurriedly called security review meeting at the defence ministry following the Pathankot attack, one of the questions being debated was – is there a shift in the strategy of Pakistan-based terrorists to use more relaxed Punjab borders as the entry point ?<br /><br /></p>.<p>Those who attended the review conference in the South Block are Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who rushed from Goa; National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy and heads of the top intelligence agencies.<br /><br />The top brass in the security establishment not only reviewed the ground situation but also discussed if terror handlers across the border are adopting a new infiltration scheme.<br /><br />The strike on the Indian Air Force’s Pathankot base that houses MiG-21 fighter jets and MI-35 gunships were carried out by a group of militants in combat fatigues, who are understood to have crossed the border in Punjab rather than using their known routes in Jammu and Kashmir. <br /><br />The international border is just 35 km (as the crow flies) from the Pathankot air base.<br /><br />The pattern is similar to the last terror strike in July 2015, when the ultras stormed Dinanagar police station in Gurdaspur district.<br /><br /> Dinanagar is about 15 km from Ravi river, which is monitored by the Border Security Force’s water wing.</p>
