Mirage 2000TH attacking Tigerhill 24/25 June 1999, 0200 hrs. a 7 sqn Mirage 2000 releases the first ever night drop of an LGB (in anger), at dug in Pakistani troops on the top of Tiger hill in the kargil area. the attacks softened the target so that the Army could and later did, take the heights in a ferocious and punishing hand to hand battle later that day. The painting depicts the LGB going off in the bunkers while a snow covered K2 (in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) glistens in the background, to the right (east) of Tiger hill is Dras and further to the east outside the painting is Kargil itself. Nunkun (in India) is around '5' 0 clock to picture and K2 were beacons used by the pilots to run into tiger hill on a heading of approx 360 degrees.