IAF R-73/R-77 AAMs recovered from Mig-21 wreckage l Abhinandan did not fire any missile

[BHarwana]

R-73 pieces in wreckage.

 

[maverick1977]

R-73 pieces in wreckage.

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Did Su30 disintegrate in air or crashed ? If disintegration happened over Pakistan there is a chance some of the wreckage fell in Pakistan

 

[GumNaam]

Did Su30 disintegrate in air or crashed ? If disintegration happened over Pakistan there is a chance some of the wreckage fell in Pakistan

Fell in india. the r77 missile must be from the su30, there is no sign of an r77 around the mig21 wreckage. entirely possible the the su30 wreckage fell on the indian side while its r77 fell on our side.

 

[xyxmt]

Abhidanan was sacked because he shot down an F-16, capish??

 

[GumNaam]

Abhidanan was sacked because he shot down an F-16, capish??

he was sacked because he said the enemy's chai was "fantashtik"! ISI ki napak sajish!

 

[The Eagle]

This is absolutely huge!!!!!! Why isn't this on national TV? Why aren't we calling Indian media to show them?

Why not to make it slowly and then surprise. May be a better strategy just for de-escalation.

Looks like the R77 to me.
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Did IAF succeed to integrate and deploy R-77 onto MIGs? That might be the case otherwise, we are looking at hunted MKI which few debris fell on this side as well.

 

[JamD]

They could have come from a Mig21 as per below IAF loadout example.

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Did IAF succeed to integrate and deploy R-77 onto MIGs? That might be the case otherwise, we are looking at hunted MKI which few debris fell on this side as well.

I don't follow these things in much detail but the picture above certainly suggests the Bisons are able to carry the R-77.

 

[HRK]

Did IAF succeed to integrate and deploy R-77 onto MIGs? That might be the case otherwise, we are looking at hunted MKI which few debris fell on this side as well.

yap but was available with limited number of Bison ....

 

[JamD]

yap but was available with limited number of Bison ....

Another link:
https://worldaswillandfarce.com/updates-for-the-month-of-august-2012/

And another:
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...21-bison-versus-pakistani-f-16-viper-bullshit

 

[Jinn Baba]

Could the Mig21 have been armed with 1 r73 and 1 r77? It is a very short ranged aircraft, and if it took off to intercept PAF aircraft then it would also have been using its afterburners - meaning even less range. It NEEDS fuel tanks!

So either it carried mix of r73 and r77 (1 each) along with the two fuel tanks, or the r77 belongs to another aircraft.

 

[GumNaam]

Could the Mig21 have been armed with 1 r73 and 1 r77? It is a very short ranged aircraft, and if it took off to intercept PAF aircraft then it would also have been using its afterburners - meaning even less range. It NEEDS fuel tanks!

So either it carried mix of r73 and r77 (1 each) along with the two fuel tanks, or the r77 belongs to another aircraft.

it belongs to the su30. it could be possible that the mig21 was armed with 1 r73 and 1 r77 but I highly doubt that was the configuration of this particular mig21. Notice that around the mig21 wreckage, there is no sign of the r77. if this was the r77 from the mig21 then we would've seen it around the mig21 wreckage. Frankly, this is the first time the r77 pic has shown up in reference to this episode.

 

[crankthatskunk]

Good point . The side of the missile hit the plane as it took evasive action

I have seen many ridiculous things in life, but man you have taken the biscuit.
Really, really!!!

 

[GumNaam]

I have seen many ridiculous things in life, but man you have taken the biscuit.
Really, really!!!

looks like russia never exported proximity sensors to indian missiles!

 

[crankthatskunk]

Abhidanan was sacked because he shot down an F-16, capish??

Not only him, he took the AV of Western Command with him.

 

[Oruc]

gayi baffalo water men abhinandan ki.