Surgical strike is not a war or a call for it. These strikes are military operations undertaken by forces across the world to move on the offensive, hit enemy targets and installations, and return to primary positions - all with lightening speed and with the added precaution of suffering limited casualty.
Surgical strikes require not just detailed and exhaustive planning but need to be carried out with absolute precision to achieve the objective of taking down targets with either no or minimal collateral damage.
Indian Army's took similar steps in June when it struck inside Myanmar and killed 38 Naga insurgents. Globally too, millitary forces of several nations rely on such operations to eliminate immediate threats when diplomatic and all other non-millitary channels do not bear fruit.
Source: Times of India, Dawn
“Some terrorist teams had positioned themselves at launchpads along the Line of Control. The Indian army conducted surgical strikes last night at these launchpads."
Lieutenant Ranbir Singh, director general of Indian military operations
"This was simply an episode of cross LoC fire that they [India] have been doing. Small arms and mortars were used in the fire, similar to what has been used before...we gave a befitting response."
Lt Gen Bajwa,
director general of the Pakistani military's media wing