Operation Safed Sagar
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Operation Safed Sagar was the Indian Air Force’s aerial combat campaign during the 1999 Kargil War, providing crucial air support to recapture infiltrated positions in Jammu and Kashmir.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Safed Sagar canonical | 4 |
| Operation Vijay | 2 |
| Operation Safed Sagar (support role context) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5740309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Safed Sagar Context triple: [Operation Vijay (1999), supportedByOperation, Operation Safed Sagar]
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A.
Operation Rahat
Operation Rahat was a major Indian humanitarian airlift conducted by the Indian Air Force to rescue and evacuate people stranded during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.
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B.
Operation Fath ol-Mobin
Operation Fath ol-Mobin was a major Iranian military offensive during the Iran–Iraq War, notable for recapturing large areas of Khuzestan Province from Iraqi forces in 1982.
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C.
Operation Trident (1971)
Operation Trident (1971) was a decisive Indian Navy offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in which Indian missile boats attacked and heavily damaged Pakistani naval and port facilities at Karachi.
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D.
Operation Green Hunt
Operation Green Hunt was a large-scale Indian government counterinsurgency campaign targeting Maoist (Naxalite) rebels across central and eastern India.
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E.
Operation Karbala-5
Operation Karbala-5 was a major Iranian offensive in early 1987 aimed at capturing the strategic Iraqi city of Basra during the Iran–Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Safed Sagar Target entity description: Operation Safed Sagar was the Indian Air Force’s aerial combat campaign during the 1999 Kargil War, providing crucial air support to recapture infiltrated positions in Jammu and Kashmir.
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A.
Operation Rahat
Operation Rahat was a major Indian humanitarian airlift conducted by the Indian Air Force to rescue and evacuate people stranded during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.
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B.
Operation Fath ol-Mobin
Operation Fath ol-Mobin was a major Iranian military offensive during the Iran–Iraq War, notable for recapturing large areas of Khuzestan Province from Iraqi forces in 1982.
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C.
Operation Trident (1971)
Operation Trident (1971) was a decisive Indian Navy offensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in which Indian missile boats attacked and heavily damaged Pakistani naval and port facilities at Karachi.
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D.
Operation Green Hunt
Operation Green Hunt was a large-scale Indian government counterinsurgency campaign targeting Maoist (Naxalite) rebels across central and eastern India.
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E.
Operation Karbala-5
Operation Karbala-5 was a major Iranian offensive in early 1987 aimed at capturing the strategic Iraqi city of Basra during the Iran–Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial campaign
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| aircraftUsed |
An-32
ⓘ
linked to:
Antonov An-32
Cheetah helicopter ⓘ IL-76 ⓘ
linked to:
IL-76 aircraft
Mi-17 helicopter ⓘ
linked to:
Mi-17
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN ⓘ
linked to:
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 ⓘ
linked to:
MiG-27
Mirage 2000H ⓘ SEPECAT Jaguar ⓘ |
| casualties | loss of several Indian Air Force aircraft ⓘ |
| codenameBy | Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| conflict | Kargil War ⓘ |
| conflictBelligerent | Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| conflictType | limited high-altitude air campaign ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endTime | 1999-07-26 ⓘ |
| engagementType |
air-to-ground operations
ⓘ
limited air-to-air engagements ⓘ |
| historicalContext | part of India–Pakistan armed conflict over Kashmir in 1999 ⓘ |
| location |
Jammu and Kashmir
ⓘ
Kargil ⓘ
linked to:
Kargil district
Line of Control ⓘ
linked to:
India–Pakistan Line of Control
|
| meaningOfName | “Clear Ocean” in Hindi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-altitude bombing in the Himalayas
ⓘ
use of precision-guided munitions by Mirage 2000 ⓘ |
| objective |
evict infiltrators from Indian territory
ⓘ
provide close air support to Indian ground forces ⓘ support recapture of occupied heights in Kargil sector ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| opponent |
Pakistan Armed Forces
ⓘ
Pakistani intruders ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian military response to Kargil infiltration
ⓘ
Kargil War ⓘ |
| relatedOperation |
Operation Vijay
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Talwar
|
| result |
Indian tactical air superiority in the Kargil sector
ⓘ
successful air support to ground operations ⓘ |
| rulesOfEngagement | Indian aircraft were not to cross the Line of Control ⓘ |
| startTime | 1999-05-26 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | securing control of key mountain ridges overlooking National Highway 1A ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Indian Army artillery
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Army artillery regiments
|
| supportedOperation | Indian Army ground offensives in Kargil ⓘ |
| theater |
Western Front of India–Pakistan border
ⓘ
linked to:
India–Pakistan Line of Control
|
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Indian Army ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Safed Sagar Description of subject: Operation Safed Sagar was the Indian Air Force’s aerial combat campaign during the 1999 Kargil War, providing crucial air support to recapture infiltrated positions in Jammu and Kashmir.
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