Editing List of military operations (section)

===Asia===
*''[[Operation Pig Bristle|Pig Bristle]]'' (1946) {{flagicon|Australia}} &mdash; Unusual Australian operation to fly pig bristles needed to manufacture paint brushes out of [[China]] during the [[Chinese Civil War]]
*''[[1953 Iranian coup d'état|Ajax]]'' (1953) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|United States|1912}} &mdash; Anglo-American plan for [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|Iranian coup d'état]] that deposed [[Mohammed Mosaddeq]] and reinstalled [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]
*''[[Operation Desert Hawk]] ''(1965) {{flagicon|Pakistan}} &mdash; Pakistani Military operation in the disputed Rann of kutch area against [[Indian army|Indian offensive]].
*''[[Operation Atilla|Atilla]]'' (1974) {{flagicon|Turkey}} &mdash; [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]], leading to subsequent [[Military occupation|occupation]] of [[northern Cyprus]]
*''[[Indonesian Invasion of East Timor|Operation Seroja]]'' (1975) {{flagicon|Indonesia}} &mdash; [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]], the largest [[Military Operation]] conducted by [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesian military]], leading to subsequent [[Indonesian occupation of East Timor|Integration of East Timor to Indonesia]] until 1999
*''[[Operation Cactus|Cactus]]'' (1988) {{flagicon|India}} &mdash; Indian armed forces oust [[Tamil nationalism|Tamil nationalist]] [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] of [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam|PLOTE]] who instigated a coup in [[Malé]] in the [[Maldives]].
*''[[Operation Chengiz Khan]]'' (1971) {{flagicon|Pakistan}} &mdash; [[Pakistan Air Force]] launches [[preemptive attack]]s on Indian [[air base]]s.
*''[[Operation Claret|Claret]]'' (1964) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} &mdash; British [[Special Air Service|SAS]], [[New Zealand Special Air Service|NZSAS]] and Australian [[Australian Special Air Service Regiment|SASR]] patrols into [[Indonesia]]
**''[[Mau Mau Uprising#State of Emergency|Jock Scott]]'' (1952) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} &mdash; British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the [[Mau Mau Uprising]]
**''[[Mau Mau Uprising#Targeting the Suppliers|Anvil]]'' (1954) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} &mdash; British [[counter-insurgency]] operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
*''[[Operation Eagle Claw|Eagle Claw]]'' (1980) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; Attempted rescue of [[Iran Hostage Crisis|American hostages]] held in [[Tehran]].
*''[[Operation Earnest Will|Earnest Will]]'' (1987–88) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the [[Persian Gulf]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]]
**''[[Operation Eager Glacier|Eager Glacier]]'' (1987–88) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about [[Iran]].
**''[[Operation Nimble Archer|Nimble Archer]]'' (1987) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker.
**''[[Operation Praying Mantis|Praying Mantis]]'' (1988) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|frigate]].
**''[[Operation Prime Chance|Prime Chance]]'' (1987–88) &mdash; Special operations to protect Kuwaiti tankers, run largely from barges in the northern [[Persian Gulf]].
*''[[Operation Evening Light|Evening Light]]'' (1980) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; failed U.S. attempt to rescue embassy hostages in [[Tehran]]
*''[[Operation Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|Pakistan}}
*''[[Operation Grand Slam|Grand Slam]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|Pakistan}}
*''[[Operation Lucky Alphonse|Lucky Alphonse]]'' (1956) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} &mdash; British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for [[EOKA]]
*''[[Operation Meghdoot|Meghdoot]]'' (1984) {{flagicon|India}} &mdash; [[Indian military]]'s capture of the majority of [[Siachen Glacier]].
*''[[Operation Nimrod|Nimrod]]'' (1980)  &mdash; rescue of hostages in the [[Embassy of Iran, London|Iranian embassy]], [[London]]
*''[[Operation Paul Bunyan|Paul Bunyan]]'' (1976) {{flagicon|United Nations}} &mdash; UN forces remove a tree in the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]]
*[[Operation Sparrowhawk (Cyprus)|Sparrowhawk I, II and III]] (1956) {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} &mdash; British operations against [[EOKA]] on [[Cyprus]].
*''[[Team Spirit]]'' (1976–1993) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.
*''[[Operation Dwarka|Dwarka]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|Pakistan}}&mdash; [[Pakistan Navy]]'s attack on the Indian coastal town of [[Dwarka]] on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of a Navy in the Indo-Pakistan Wars.
*''[[Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)|Trident]]'' (1971) {{flagicon|India}} &mdash; [[Indian Navy]]'s bombing and blockade of [[Karachi Port]], Pakistan.
*''[[Operation Storm-333|Storm-333]]'' (1979) {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} &mdash; Storming Afghan Political and military headquarters
*''[[Operation Grand Junction|Grand Junction]]'' (1968) {{flagicon|United States}} &mdash; [[North Korea]]'s TET 1968 attempt to attack US assets in Seoul.