Irfan Baloch
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Both from our Neighbours and myself.Considering that there was no SAM system that existed that would have made the difference.. I dont see what the fuss is about.
It was an intruder that needed visual ID and warning as per SoP on intrusion. The F-7s from Minhas and the Mirages from rafiqui are not equipped for Day/night intercept(the Rafiqui based Mirages are not ROSE-I variants with the Grifo-M.. and the F-7PGs were not fully inducted by then)... Additionally, a visual at night on a target less than the size of a F-7 wing flying at less than 150 knots is quite difficult.. which is why the F-16s were scrambled to use their better radar to find and kill the bogey.
Not sure where the whole haver about secret SAMs and tactical lasers came in from??
I continue to belive that these all planned violations are what we call detection of the enemy air defence systems.. so I find it essential that we dont betray our less mobile ground assets until its the time they can be put to their full use in case India invades.
the Indians (although most of them know already) continue to innocently wonder why F-16s had to be scrambled for "innocent little drones" and why not other jets.. or any other ground based system. although I linked two videos of Russian Mig 29 taking out Georgian drone and Israeli F-16 taking out suspected Hizbullah/ Iranian drone but that didnt help and they continue to mourn the inconsiderate use of natural resources and excessive force ... to take out an ... innocent drone.. which might (in my opinion) would have had collected data which satellites cant collect.
just my age old mentality and I see a spy behind every tree..
