Joe Shearer
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You know urdu script joe? Dayum....
Just started learning. My teacher looks suicidal; my letters are vomit-inducing according to him.
Weighing in to what you said here (part of selectively posting).
1. 2008 - My 'connect' with air force that you are aware of, was placed on a short notice to be the first wave of An-32s to go for bombing run. The 'air force' strike was planned with our transports doing a bombing run. Not even fighters were considered, a raid planned to blatantly & willfully violate the Pakistani airspace and that too with aircrafts that one would be considered a fool for replacing Mig-27s or Jaguars with!! One can always throw a bravado of 'come on if you have guts' etc etc, and I can always say that perhaps IAF was being too cocky!
WHEN will you tell us in public about your family of 'connects' and your own very particular connect (separate from your own role)? It's irritating to see the faux-expertise on display by total outsiders. At this moment, only @jbgt90 is ahead of you as far as insights into the military are concerned; not surprising, since his batch-mates are just on the brink of flag rank.
2. Dec 2016 Interesting to note range of missiles is being quoted, that too at the maximum firing envelope. I would really love to see how that actually pans out, with the surveillance and stand off capability of IAF today covering both the Eastern and Western borders of Pakistan, I am actually quite intrigued how that shall happen. We did the dry run in 2016, I wonder how many on other side are willing to talk about the 'painting' of their assets along the Western Airspace of their nation, at will.
Total denial. One of them, an ex-fauji, talked about their kicking our backsides. I don't react to faujis; they are entitled to their brags, however irritating they can be (tell me, why do the fly-boys on both sides talk the loudest, and why does the 'silent service' live up almost strenuously to their nick-names?). Another made our flesh creep with hints about hidden assets hidden away beyond detection; he was referring to the possibility of additional JF17s parked in 'higher-than-mountain, deeper-than-ocean land'. He comes to mind because of your own sly hint above.
All the more interesting to note is the 'China' card. History has shown us exactly what reliance is to be placed on that. History has also shown us that India always has it's ducks lined well before any action is initiated.
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The China card has turned out to be a dummy so often that it's painful to see the childlike faith in their support that is still on display. But nothing as gullible as a cynic out of his depth. A Kannada-speaking ethnic Chinese friend of mine once remarked that the Chinese have organic razors on their gluteus maximi; no deshi can ride them to a finish. Watching this particular relationship makes me feel sad.
Sometimes it seems as if the dubbing of a certain language group as brave idiots holds true on both sides of the international border.