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Contrary to the popular belief, numerous radar systems were functioning on that night but people tend to forget that US have the capability to jam and/or fool radar systems (of all sorts) through different technological avenues. We learned about the stealthy aspect of the choppers but we do not know much about other assets in use at the time which might have complicated the ability of PAF to notice something suspicious during the course of the operation.
This is coming from the ACM of the time:
"The Air Chief said the PAF was always ready to respond to any identified threat and there were SOPs in place for whenever the PAF radars noticed any unusual activity, and a process started automatically as information was also conveyed to the Chief of Air Staff. However, he said there were no SOPs for actions in response to telephone calls. This was an important distinction since in the case of the Abbottabad incident the PAF radars did not notice any unusual activity."
Source: Abbottabad Commission Report
The PAF was literally blinded on that day. There are additional clues and hints in the same report that imply as much.
Stealthy choppers were just a part of the equation on that day, I assure you. Much more was involved including a stealth drone.
And here some people are talking about detecting F-22 Raptors during combat situations with some kind of magical passive radar technologies. The gullibility of this nation....
I mean whom are these people trying to fool? US has developed and fielded the most powerful radar systems on the planet. They are also masters of developing incredibly powerful (passive) radar systems. And if they assert that F-22 Raptors can operate safely even in the most hostile of environments, we should take their claims seriously.
Understood.
I gather from your response that we are still technologically not capable of detecting and stopping any intrusion when it comes to stealth and jamming tech.
so what are the options we have? are we on US mercy and only option is Nukes?