While ISRO has thus far remained tight-lipped about it, two of its scientists confirmed that the Cartosat-2C satellite helped nail the targets for India’s surgical strikes on Pakistan last week, Indian Defense News reported today.

“It’s a great achievement for us, the imagery produced by ISRO was used for the benefit of the nation, we couldn’t be more proud,” said ISRO scientist Ratan Singh Bisht, to the defence publication, referring to Cartosat- 2C, launched by ISRO in June this year.

In retaliation for the September 18 Uri terror attack, India last week carried out surgical strikes that took out at least 38 terrorists across the Line of Control in Pakistan.

The Cartosat-2C images helped with narrowing down the locations for the strikes. A satellite like the Cartosat-2C has, in addition to several other capabilities, a high-resolution camera that can even detect illegal mining. And Pakistan has just two such satellites – both of which are loaned to them – the scientists said.