Question#6) Assuming that PAF has shot down MIG-21 & SU-30 (I don't believe SU-30 is shot - It is impossible to hide a falled aircraft in India, given the way the opposition / media in India is), what is so great that PAF has achieved? PAF chose time and place for fight. PAF out-numbered IAF. Is loss of aircraft not normal in combat? Loosing an aircraft does not say that IAF is incompetent? correct?
I'll respond to Q6 which is kind of loaded with mini-Questions.
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Note: Q1. isn't really a Question, but rather a Statement by you]
Anyways, coming to Q6...
1. You say, "assuming PAF shot down a MiG-21 & a Su-30MKi"
- First off, it isn't an assumption that a MiG-21 was shot. Its a fact, or have you not seen 10ton jet falling from the sky?
- Okay, lets say we respect your opinion that a Su-30MKi wasn't shot down, just like we claimed that a F-16 wasn't shot down by WC Abhi.
Lets recap. You've seen the images of your IAF personnel displaying a blown up Aim-120 (
AMRAAM) at a News Conference. Now, could you explain how it
ended up in India, after IAF matched the Serial Numbers to Pakistan by the
US DoD? It must have hit [
something]. By the way, in case you don't know, an Aim-120 doesn't blow up without hitting something. So technically, your guys handed the proof of [something] getting hit on a silver platter.
- The claim of F-16 being shot down. You are welcome to view
Alan Warnes inspecting the MiG-21 and all its Missiles intact. Another, you think anyone can hide anything from the Americans? We have US Personnel based in Pakistan monitoring our F-16's. It isn't hard counting 76 Jets (then) - now 75 after the crash of WC Nauman Akram (Shaheed) last month.
- Media in India completely under the control of State. You cross 'em, and you get banned, shut down and or even executed in some cases (
Gauri Lankesh).
- Whats so great that PAF achieved, you asked. And
you mentioned PAF chose time & place for a fight.
So, only PAF choose time & place for a fight?
What were those 20 odd IAF jets for in the early hours of 26th Feb. doing in Pakistan Air Space? Did you not initiate the blow?
Lets see now. After 4 Decades, you guys come in to our Air Space in the middle of the night and drop your payload. Lets say for the sake of argument - and letting you win this round - for the very sake of argument. You guys came in after 04 Decades and catch us off guard and do some damage.
You guys came at nite. What, did you think we'd just sit around and not respond back? I mean, you should've had your guard up for
a week (
at least)! But, you thought that Pakistan would be a pushover like some of your
other neighbors and take a beating. We came during broad daylight the very next day. You know the rest.
- Please don't speak of numbers and how
who out numbered who. You know full well how many jets you guys came in with on the 26th, and how many jets were scrambled from Pakistan to intercept them.
It was the exact same scenario - only difference is that our guys showed restraint on the 26th and didn't do something like fall in to a trap because the IAF Mirage 2000's may of been for the Strike, but there were Su-30MKi for cover.
The Pulwama incident took place on 14th Feb & you guys struck us on 26th.
You guys had 11 Days to plan. We had
less than 24hrs to plan a response.
I'm really not interested in busting IAF's balls on incompetence, but WC Abhinandan didn't cross the LoC because of sheer bravery. He lost communications because of EW, which is why India made a big fuss about the SAAB 2000 (Erieye) being used, when it was actually the DA-20 that did the job.
[India b!tched to the
US 'bout F-16's & AMRAAM. When that was a deadend, a couple of weeks later they were knocking on
Sweden's door about the usage of the
SAAB]. That, I believe was the lowest point for you guys.
And
your own Battery Commander shot down a Mi-17 - was it competence that led him to do that?
02 Mirage 2000's declared that they (
conveniently) had issues with their Radar and pulled out. Odd to find
a Mirage 2000 with a faulty Radar, and oh wait - his Wingman has the
exact same faulty Radar. Is the competence by IAF's Engineering/Technical Team or what?
Look, you guys have been celebrating breaking Pakistan in two since
1971. You guys have been celebrating Kargil for
02 Decades now. Fact is, you can't win 'em all - no matter how mighty you may want to present yourself in the International forum, or in your Bollywood Movies.
The IAF was clearly handed on the 27th of Feb. regardless of their so-called achievements the prior day.
Now i've been civil in my replies, but I will end with this thought:
The IAF has been kicked in the nuts pretty hard. Now all they gotta do is wait and hope they'll grow back.
But, tell you what you can always watch these promotional videos on the IAF. Great Production. Great Editing. Very Inspiring. Better than any PAF promo i've seen so far, and i'm not kidding. And the best part is, it shows about the heroics of the IAF at Balakot on the 26th of Feb.