Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n The same day also marks the end of Navy Week, which, too, is celebrated annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The India-Pakistan War of 1971 had begun on December 3, when the Pakistan Air Force launched pre-emptive strikes on airfields in Western India. India responded by formally declaring war in the wee hours of December 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On December 4, under Operation Trident, the Indian Navy sank three vessels near the Pakistani port city of Karachi. The stars of the mission were the then-recently acquired Soviet Osa missile boats, fitted with 4 SS-N-2 (P-15) Styx missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Indian Air Force also played a crucial role during Operation Trident, when Karachi\u2019s Kemari oil tanks were strafed by the IAF on the same day in an independent operation which it did not claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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