notorious_eagle
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You are wrong. We do make incursions often to test their capability and reaction time. Remember the MiG 25 Fiasco? That role has been taken up by the Su 30 right now. The MiG 25R was one nightmare for the Pakistani air force. Remember our ACM ordering the pilots to do a low run pass over Islamabad? It happens all the time.
Remember Jhodpur had a MiG 25 for recce purpose.
I have no idea what you are talking about and where you came up with this info, at no point did a MIG25 ever make a low pass over Islamabad. A MIG25 was clocked once in the late 90's and it was flying at a very high altitude which enabled it to escape a missile lock. The MIG25 was never a nightmare for PAF as you make it out to be, the capabilities of the MIG25 were pretty much revealed when the Americans tested it out. It was as best a rocket that could fly at very fast speeds, the Americans were smart that they made missiles that were faster than jets.
There are intrusions and they are conducted both by PAF and IAF but its only during times when tension are high, during peace time both AF's respect each others sovereignty and do not bypass the buffer zone. Intrusions are done very close to the border that in case interceptors are inbound, the pilot can quickly turn back and get into his air space.