I think those are torpedoes and not sidewinders :)
And that is exactly why Pakistan naval aviation works in close conjunction with Pakistan air Force. Furthermore the air superiority fighters don't have the required sensors onboard to fight in a cluttered radar environment.
Just one of the ISR herks :)
They usually fly out of nur khan
There's these other kind of herkies that standout as well, check out the antennae on the ventral side.
I'm not sure if that is true, the 24 and 35s are inherently different airframes sir, the 35ms don't have retractable landing gears and other such quirks.
Mirages are still very capable in the modern theater as was evident by their role in Swift Retort; They're fast, have awesome low flight characteristics; can carry a modest payload, and the only nuclear capable* aircrafts in our arsenal, any number of mirages are a welcomed addition.
Greetings, dedicated bombers and saturation bombings only work if you have near total air superiority and DEAD as was the case in both Afghan and Iraq wars.
One can not deny the psychological effects of carpet bombing.
Could it be the fact that we were planning on going for a western radar for thunder that's why we were getting more erieyes?
There hasn't been any more headway on this acquisition since we found out that the KLJ7A actually suits us better?