Operation Kahuta- When RAW Agents Almost Reached The Pakistan Nuclear Reactor.
What was Operation Kahuta?
Launched by RAW in 1977, the motive of the mission was to locate & confirm the existence of the Pakistan’s secret weapons program. It is said that Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, also helped RAW in its mission.
Then, in a stunning intelligence operation, RAW agents stole hair samples from the barber shops in Kahuta where the nuclear scientists came to get their hair cut.The RAW agents went into the barber shops and stole samples of hair fallen down after cutting. These samples were analyzed for radiation traces, and boom! India knew that Kahuta plant was a plutonium refining plant to develop an atomic bomb.
India now confirmed that Pakistan was indeed making nuclear weapons. Israel straightaway wanted to bomb the Kahuta plant. But there was a big screwup on the Indian side
Israel’s MOSSAD was also insecure about Pakistan acquiring nuclear arms. It partnered with RAW in gathering everything there was to know about the Pakistani nuclear program. MOSSAD also had concerns because A. Q. Khan, the father of Pakistani Nuclear Program, had visited Pyongyang.
Our then Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who used to be on talking terms with General Zia Ul Haq, let it slip on a phone conversation with him that he knew of Pakistan’s “secret” plan.
Pakistan promptly took all the RAW network down and bargained with the USA to save their asses from an Israel bombing.
This betrayal came from none other than Prime Minister Morarji Desai. During his regime, there was great distrust between politicians & the IB, RAW.
The betrayal to the nation & our intelligence forces didn’t end here. Worse was to come. In an informal conversation with Zia-ul-Haq, Morarji Desai revealed details of the RAW network in Pakistan & also confirmed that India was aware of the enrichment happening at the Kahuta facility.
What happened next was on conceivable lines. Pakistan hunted the brave men across its land, killing many of them brutally. The entire network was neutralised, &it set back our Pakistan specific intelligence by at least a decade.
Source: INDIAN DEFENCE UPDATE
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