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Revisiting Kargil

Sir, — This refers to the editorial, "Revisiting Kargil" (June 9). Someone has to be made accountable for the lapses. The decision not to use air power was a military catastrophe. We committed the same mistake in 1962. There is an established agency to provide external intelligence. Why did it fail? We have a right to know.

Air Commodore (retd.) V.V. Nair,
Alappuzha, Kerala

Sir, — If the compulsions of national security necessitated combat aircraft to overfly the Line of Control, why was it not done?

V.B.N. Ram,
New Delhi

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