Operation Sindoor: India Strikes Terroist Camps Inside Pakitsan
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The only reason why I feel this is the case is that military leadership feels that this is not over. Time will tell.
Pilot ejected based on no loss of life confirmation.
Aircraft's broken up. So that's one engine. There's an image of its tailfin with the tail number. The compressor is gone, but the combustor is the same as M88-4E.
IAF will acknowledge losses..if any.. thats how the Indian system works. they wont on your time table. Worry about Swift Retreat 2.0. NO restrictive ROE this time.. Will be gloves off
The rafale was most likely returning from the A2G mission.
I google searched this pic and it clearly says that it is from Akhnoor where an aircraft was shot down. We have very clear videos of Akaash being used on Pak Fighters in that sector. Plus Mig/Su do not use MB ejection seats.
India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an 'act of war'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday it will avenge those killed by India's missile strikes that New Delhi called retaliation for last month's massacre of Indian tourists in India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and claimed it downed several Indian fighter jets.www.ajc.com
PAF doesn't have twin engine jets. There are definitely 2 engine parts in the crash site. It could even be Jaguar, if not Mig-29.
The MB image is from Pakistan. So there's a M III/V crash site there.
LoC is one place where we enjoy extreme superiority.
What we currently produce, the only way to match it is if China starts sending all its active production of shells to Pakistan.
Do not worry about LoC.
If we lose 1, we kill 4.
Well.. I will take this any day of the year given we had to strike against a prepared peer adversary.
For that we need a presser from the IAF/MoD/NSA/PM or whoever.
We can't assess battle damage without satellite pics coming out of BROSINT on X. What you said is about the extent of the discussion we can have without sat images.
Assessing the air battle will tell us how badly Pak is screwed by the fact that the damage they could inflict as a secondary target of the IAF was still not enough to do any real damage to the IAF. Plus the fact that they failed to stop the strikes.
Why are users getting their panties in a twist over IAF jets being shot down? Everyone knows that they have neglected to modernize over the past fifteen years and have let nearly every single aspect of their air force wither away. I would be more surprised if they walked away from any engagement against a peer adversary without losses.
The fact that Rafale and M-2000 went into highly contested enemy airspace and pounded the enemy targets for over 20 minutes speak highly of these French birds along with IAF training. And IAF is correct that not a single IAF jet was shot down during the operation. This is downright impressive whichever way you look at it.The first image he posted was from 12 years ago. The second one is from today.
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This is the twin-seat model. Either MKI or Mig-29UPG.
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The 2 cylinders are too small to be from the MKI's engines. The people there are too big in comparison. Even after a crash, the aircraft will still be taller than the people around. So they look like they are part of the RD-33 engine's inlet.
PS: * This is solely my assumption based upon the Bhatinda video posted above*
Looks like we lost a Rafale during egress. What was the cause is unkown(SAM chase, G-lock, BVR etc.), but since the opposition/Pakistan will make a huge hue and cry so expect this news to filter out slightly delayed. Plus we would like to keep PAF guessing. Anyways, I hope I'm wrong and we didn't lose any Rafale or M-2000!
Now everything is riding on the Pak response. If they hit back, India starts delivering punches.
The Rafale crash site is too far to have been downed. In tail-chase mode, a missile's range, whether SAM or AAM, is very short.
It seems to have crashed.
We do have awareness about our territories right? Why not start there.
Isn't owning up 2 crashes better than letting the media talk about 5?
We have hit Bahawalpur. That's the main recruitment center for Pak Army.
If Pakistanis don't react, they will do it for only 1 reason. USA backed by GCC tells them that they will defang Pak.
The limited losses we faced is a very good thing. Normally, we should have lost a third of our attacking force.
The best they could do is shoot down 2 jets, probably. And even if it's 5 or 6, it's still peanuts.
First day of conflict should normally see tremendous losses.
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