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How the father of Indian N-bomb stalled strike on Pak nuclear sites

Munir Ahmad Khan was a true patriot and truly a great man, we should highlight his life more then the thief known as Abdul Qadeer Khan.
 
It is this particular gambit that also became the primary driver for the urgency in the F-16 purchase. Initially, the US was giving Pakistan F-16s around 1986 but this threat and the need to break through Indian defences to hit Trombay during that time period was the urgency ACM shamim conveyed to Zia, and Zia to Reagan.
 
You are a "senior" member out here. With more then 5 years and 3000+ posts. Atleast bring in some maturity to your posts. We are talking about a 30 year old scenario.
What were the best available fighters IAF have back then?
Go check out the stature of F-16 in the World back then. It was the "Raptor" of that time. And its not a chest thumping, which I am doing, with out a solid proof.
This same F-16, scores dozens of kills without a single loss over USSR. I am not sure, what is into Indians mind, when they are talking over serious defence related topics.
Sorry to say but you should restrict your self to Bollywood threads and alike.
 

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