Taha Samad
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Hi,
Coward---always hiding his head in the sand---gutless---. Announced crossing of boundary is an ACT OF WAR---. India declared war on us---. And the pakistani cowards are declaring---no they did not---it was nothing---.
Hi,
It is not only the air force that shoots down planes---it is also the surface to air misiles that do as well.
Where were the SA batteries in the Bahawalpur region---oh---protecting Islamabad---. What about the worthless Spada SA missiles---kept hiding somewhere---.
Over all---the whole of the scenario shows that the Paf was not at all prepared against the first night's attack even though it was announced---.
Pakistan was saved---not because of the Paf on the first night---but because the Indian's were incompetent---.
There are 10 Spada systems, 5 LY-80 and unknown number of HQ-7 or equivalent(but given finances we can't assume a very high number of HQ-7 either at max I will assume 15-20 system in total).
- Spada will be mostly be protecting PAFs own assets. Air Bases, Long Range Radar stations etc [Sargodha, Kamra, Shorkot, Peshawar, Jacobabad, Masroor, Bholari, Quetta + other important facilities ]
- LY-80 + HQ-7 + AAA Guns will be for protecting important economic, political cities, cantonments and strategic installations, here is the list of cities/installations I can think of:
--- Islamabad (capital, command and control centers, KRL, National Power Control Center, nearby Taxila and Wah etc)
--- Karachi (major economic hub with ports, steel mill, refinery, nuclear plant, airbase and cantt)
--- Lahore (Major political/economic city which is too close to border)
--- Multan (Important cantt. with offensive corp. and Army Aviation Base)
--- Bahawalpur (Under thread in current circumstance, also considerably important cantt.)
--- Chasma (both barrage & nuclear plant)
--- Khushab (Nuclear Facility)
--- Tarbela (Major Dam, SSG Base)
--- Mangla (Major Dam, Important Cantt., proximity to border)
--- Ormara (Jinnah Naval Base)
--- DG Khan/RY Khan Area (this area has major oil refinaries, power plants etc)
--- Turbat/Pasni Area (Airbase, Civil Navigational Aids etc)
--- Faisalabad (Major export industry)
--- Gwadar (Port)
--- Muzzafarabad (Capital of AJK)
This list is in no way exhaustive. But I think you get the idea that there are whole spectrum of targets across Pakistan that would have required protection by SAM. And while we are all intelligent in hindsight about where SAM should have been, making this decision initially is eventually a judgement call.
Now assuming that say a HQ-7 was indeed deployed in Muzzafarabad area, then distance of Muzzafarabad from LOC is 25 Km. HQ-7 having range of about 15 Km will not have in position to engage IAF fighters as they did not intrude by more than few Km.
Why the bombs were not shot down? I don't know, but some points to consider:
- Firstly we are assuming that HQ-7 was deployed.
- Did the bombs fly in range of HQ-7?
- I am not sure if 1000 Kg bomb are reliably tracked on radar. I think it should be. But HQ-7s own radar would possibly be on standby to not give away its location, so only if some other long range radar picked up these would AD command instruct HQ-7 operator to scan and shoot down these bombs.
- Why all 4 SPICE-2000 failed to hit target? My theory is released early, not enough flight time. Was this time-pressure due to the AD system or approaching interceptors? Were the SPICE-2000 shot down? I mean the proximity fuse would damage the flight-control surfaces making the bombs miss their target. Although I think if they were shot down ISPR would have told about this on Feb26. Also if they were shot down pieces would have been farther away from crater; we have no such indication.