So sick of this claim, really.
So have you seen this photo? Have you personally met someone who swears on a stack of holy books that he has seen photos of IAF planes locked on by the PAF? Obviously , the answer is " Nobody has ever seen such photos" . Yet you fanboys keep spewing out the same vomit constantly. Why?
So you know what the strike package was? How, if I may ask?
I have/do meet people regularly who do have their fingers(and triggers) on the pulse of the PAF whose word I do not need sworn on anything that I believe.
So if you would be willing to believe me, here goes:
I do not however , believe it was a complete strike package.. rather a proportionate show of force.
A small package consisting of MKI's and one other aircraft type... the MKI was locked on(IR & Radar) as it was intercepted by not one but eventually multiple flights of PAF fighters. Trailed with the lock all the way to Kharian and back out the border.
Neither side engaged.. and I can only imagine what went on in the minds of the pilots in the MKI and that of the chasing fighter.
One had bells and whistles going off(there were taking moderate evasive manoeuvres as has now come to light) and the other had a loud and clear tone of a solid lock.
whatever took place on the hotlines, it probably had commanders on both sides on their toes.