so now its 12 SU-30mki that you shot down .
have you considered they at last understood that Mig-21 is a dead horse and whipping it serve no purpose and they want to start the process of replacing them
You've not been following what I've been saying in this thread. There's discrepancies in the reported
losses to crashes and the
needed replacements the IAF reports due to
losses.
OK, for a moment, let's put aside what PAF contacts/crewmembers claim about Su-30MKI, or what the villagers reported of a plane falling inside IoJK, or what the IAF claims for the reason the Mi-17 was out for, or what Alan Warnes thinks was the real reason, and look at the following:
Up until Jul 2018,
this famous Indian paper listed
SEVEN lost/crashed Su-30MKIs since India inducted first Su-30s back in 1997.
THEN after 27 FEB 2019.. Hindustan Times (20 JAN 2020) says,
"A total of 12 Su-30 jets have crashed since the fighter jets were inducted. The IAF is likely to place an order for 12 more jets to make up for the losses." Indeed,
as reported on 31 MAR 2020, the IAF is definitely
looking to order 12 replacements: “We are moving towards ordering 12 more Sukhoi-30s... 12 is what is being followed up straightaway.”
So why 12? Doesn't that baffle you from a neutral point, if you really are Iranian? By all means do your own research on these losses.
If there's an Su-30MKI not officially recorded as a crashed one, due to technical fault or crew error, we can only assume one of the
lost Su-30MKIs is that mysterious one which PAF claims to have shot down with AMRAAM -- for which an Mi-17 seemed to have been out to search and rescue before it got shot down too.
Strangely enough the IAF said the "villagers stole" the black box of the Mi-17 so all flight data of that rescue chopper has vanished - so conveniently.
So anyway, do give us your take on this and please, not a silly, half-baked reason.