Surgical strikes after the Uri attack and airstrikes after the Pulwama bombing were military operations that raised the bar when it came to responding to such an attack. The top, leadership, however, wanted a proactive response methodology that aimed at preventing such attacks rather than waiting for the next attack and then responding to it. The unknown gunmen, as they were to be known as a couple of years later, did precisely that. It all happened through a deliberate set-up involving India's top external intelligence agency. This is story weaved around the events that began to happen across the globe at a certain point in time. Neither the enemies of Bharat have been vanquished completely nor the actions by the unknown gunmen are likely to cease in the foreseeable future.