Air Force warplanes destroy LTTE training facility and Radar post in
Wanni
Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets successfully carried
out two bombing missions targeting two well identified camps of LTTE
terrorists located in Wanni region this morning (March 27). According to
the defence sources the targets were a training facility and a Radar
location both located in Kilinochchi district.
Air Force Spokesman Wing Commander Andrew Wijesooriya
speaking to defence.lk said that the first mission was launched around
6.25.a.m. targeting a training facility located inside a jungle patch at
Kalmadukulam, in North-East of Iranamadhu. According to the defence
intelligence, the terrorists have also used the location as a
marshalling point for the conscripts. The target was achieved based on
the information received on recent developments of this terror location
from the reliable sources in Wanni region. Further, the target had been
well identified through continuous air surveillances conducted by the
SLAF, sources further added.
The second mission was launched at 6.35.a.m. targeting
a Radar location in the Valaipadu area, South of Poonaryn, said the Air
Force spokesman. Meanwhile, defence intelligence revealed that the
terrorists have been using the location to coordinate boat operations
and smuggling activities across the Gulf of Mannar. The location was a
recently established one by the terrorists due to frequent air raids on
the strategically important coastal belt in the Northwest of the Island,
the sources further said.
According to Wing Commander Wijesooriya the targets
have been positively identified through human intelligence and verified
by air surveillance. The Kfir and F-7 fighter jets carried out the
missions jointly and the targets were accurately hit the added citing
the fighter pilots.
LTTE terrorists unable to cover-up their covert
activities taking place even in deep terror hideouts in Wanni region and
it is no more control to the LTTE flow of vital information from Wanni as the civilians in the area are suffering from never-ending
harassments by the LTTE terror outfit, defence intelligence sources
further added. |
