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Asalaamo Aliekum/Hello everyone,
I made the original Swift Retort short film which went public We are already aware, in great detail, about the sequence of events. Heres a short summary including the changes that were made to my original video (which went public in late 2019). This modified version went online close to the first anniversary of the incident on 1st March 2020.
My original channel and name was Dr Strange Glove Productions. I had to abandon that name due to copyright reasons. The name for my indy film company and the channel was Fertile Crescent Productions. It is a humble affair. InshaAllah more projects planned on military, health and science related topics.
I alos made a long background video to the swift retort film. The link to it will also be posted in this thread.
A good amount of credit goes to Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail for his article on Operation Swift Retort which helped piece together the events in proper chronological order link: http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2... The modifications included changes to callsigns, aircraft numbers, squadrons involved, weapons used, correct times of events/weapon launches etcetera. Easter egg: One scene has one of the original callsigns not changed in this video OPERATION SWIFT RETORT DETAILS: The Pakistan Air Force operation on the 27th of February 2019. Made from stock video content. Soundtrack is Supermarine from Dunkirk. The video tries to be as close as possible to the real course of events, technically and sequentially. It has been re-edited from the original version (posted on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-Si.... Since removed).
The day started with stand-off weapon launches by the Pakistan Air Force. Weapons used were rocket powered video guided H-4 (Denel Raptor) glide bombs and unpowered folding wing GPS guided bombs (Mk82/83 with REK: bolt on Range Extension Kits). They were launched from PAF Mirage V and JF-17 aircraft, respectively. The weapons were guided to impact points which were deliberately kept a predetermined distance away from Indian army targets.
The purpose of missing intentionally was to give a strong military message while avoiding unnecessary escalation.
The weapon impacts were as intended.
The Indian airforce responded by sending Su-30, MiG-21 and Mirage 2000 aircraft.
The IAF aircraft were detected by PAF AWACS and subjected to ECM attack by PAF Dassault Falcon aircraft.
The air escort for the stand-off Mirage and JF-17 strike teams consisted of F-16s and JF-17s. They were armed with AIM-120 AMRAAMs and SD-10 MRAAMs, respectively. Two IAF aircraft, one Su-30 (Callsign Avenger) and one MiG-21 (Callsign Alpha One, flown by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman) were shot down by the PAF, with the MiG-21 crashing inside Pakistani territory. The MiG-21 pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan (himself a former Su-30 driver as well), was captured. The Su-30 crashed in indian territory. The fate of its crew is unknown.
Initial accounts, as in the original video (link above), suggested that the IAF planes were shot down by an AMRAAM and an SD-10, fired from the escorting F-16 and JF-17 aircraft, respectively. Later accounts suggested that both missiles were AMRAAMs, launched from PAF F-16s.
This video has been modified and re-edited to the final narrative.
The issue of the IAF Mirage 2000s not engaging the PAF fighters is also quite strange. The two Mirages had reported that both their radars had malfunctioned. However it was said that the PAF was actively detecting signals from both IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft radars. The Indians also shot down one of their own helicopters in the timeframe of the above outlined air engagement. This was an Mi-17 which had apparently turned off its IFF transponders. The helicopter had been launched for recovering the Su-30 aircrew. Whatever the reason, the Mi-17 fell prey to the Indian SPYDER SAM detachment stationed at Srinagar who mistook it for a hostile UAV:
Hope you enjoyed the "final cut"
Trivia: This contains two "errors" One is Abhinandan's rank which is wrongly mentioned as Squadron Leader in one scene. Second is actually something from the old film: the callsign for the Mirage team.
I made the original Swift Retort short film which went public We are already aware, in great detail, about the sequence of events. Heres a short summary including the changes that were made to my original video (which went public in late 2019). This modified version went online close to the first anniversary of the incident on 1st March 2020.
My original channel and name was Dr Strange Glove Productions. I had to abandon that name due to copyright reasons. The name for my indy film company and the channel was Fertile Crescent Productions. It is a humble affair. InshaAllah more projects planned on military, health and science related topics.
I alos made a long background video to the swift retort film. The link to it will also be posted in this thread.
A good amount of credit goes to Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail for his article on Operation Swift Retort which helped piece together the events in proper chronological order link: http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2... The modifications included changes to callsigns, aircraft numbers, squadrons involved, weapons used, correct times of events/weapon launches etcetera. Easter egg: One scene has one of the original callsigns not changed in this video OPERATION SWIFT RETORT DETAILS: The Pakistan Air Force operation on the 27th of February 2019. Made from stock video content. Soundtrack is Supermarine from Dunkirk. The video tries to be as close as possible to the real course of events, technically and sequentially. It has been re-edited from the original version (posted on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-Si.... Since removed).
The day started with stand-off weapon launches by the Pakistan Air Force. Weapons used were rocket powered video guided H-4 (Denel Raptor) glide bombs and unpowered folding wing GPS guided bombs (Mk82/83 with REK: bolt on Range Extension Kits). They were launched from PAF Mirage V and JF-17 aircraft, respectively. The weapons were guided to impact points which were deliberately kept a predetermined distance away from Indian army targets.
The purpose of missing intentionally was to give a strong military message while avoiding unnecessary escalation.
The weapon impacts were as intended.
The Indian airforce responded by sending Su-30, MiG-21 and Mirage 2000 aircraft.
The IAF aircraft were detected by PAF AWACS and subjected to ECM attack by PAF Dassault Falcon aircraft.
The air escort for the stand-off Mirage and JF-17 strike teams consisted of F-16s and JF-17s. They were armed with AIM-120 AMRAAMs and SD-10 MRAAMs, respectively. Two IAF aircraft, one Su-30 (Callsign Avenger) and one MiG-21 (Callsign Alpha One, flown by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman) were shot down by the PAF, with the MiG-21 crashing inside Pakistani territory. The MiG-21 pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan (himself a former Su-30 driver as well), was captured. The Su-30 crashed in indian territory. The fate of its crew is unknown.
Initial accounts, as in the original video (link above), suggested that the IAF planes were shot down by an AMRAAM and an SD-10, fired from the escorting F-16 and JF-17 aircraft, respectively. Later accounts suggested that both missiles were AMRAAMs, launched from PAF F-16s.
This video has been modified and re-edited to the final narrative.
The issue of the IAF Mirage 2000s not engaging the PAF fighters is also quite strange. The two Mirages had reported that both their radars had malfunctioned. However it was said that the PAF was actively detecting signals from both IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft radars. The Indians also shot down one of their own helicopters in the timeframe of the above outlined air engagement. This was an Mi-17 which had apparently turned off its IFF transponders. The helicopter had been launched for recovering the Su-30 aircrew. Whatever the reason, the Mi-17 fell prey to the Indian SPYDER SAM detachment stationed at Srinagar who mistook it for a hostile UAV:
Hope you enjoyed the "final cut"
Trivia: This contains two "errors" One is Abhinandan's rank which is wrongly mentioned as Squadron Leader in one scene. Second is actually something from the old film: the callsign for the Mirage team.
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