Operation Deep Strike: An India-Pakistan Covert Ops Spy Thriller (Armaan Ahmed Book 1)

by Rahul Badami

The best way to learn was to be tempered in the fires of experience.

Signal Intelligence and Electronic Intelligence were obtained by ‘listening’ into the enemy systems to gain knowledge of their plans.

Some people only understand the language of a gun. Peaceful words make us appear meek.”

The enemy couldn't scare him until he succumbed to his internal fear. It was a daily fight that he fought and won every day, refusing to yield to the stress and overwhelm of his assignments. It were these qualities that made him achieve near-impossible missions.

It was the law of diminishing returns. After a point of time, the productivity wouldn't improve however much additional time he sat on the chair.

A leader is judged not just by the actions he takes, but also by the actions he fails to take.

Pakistan was a strange democracy, Ijaz smirked. There were four factions in Pakistan and everyone thought they had the power. They were the politicians, the terrorists, the army and the common Pakistanis.

Each of them were deluded into thinking they were the most important faction, when in reality, only the Army had the true power. Being a part of the Army, Ijaz would do his utmost to use that power and influence to reach his goals.

It's all here and now. Whatever I have to do, I have to do it now; there is no tomorrow.

“Never underestimate the enemy. Your perception of your enemy is your weakness. Whether you underestimate an enemy to be weak, or believe it to be strong; in both cases, they are perceptions and will lead to an incorrect decision chain.”