denel
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correct; I remember well getting IAF debriefs in Angola about possibilities of Mig25 recce there but it never happened. We were incapable to any intercepts of this bird.thanks for correcting mig name. for sure it was high altitude foxbat which our jets couldn't intercept.
if we go by your claim about deciding not to shoot despite having the capability then there is a possibility that this jet was sent to suss out our air defences in addition to trolling us internationally.
and by not turning on the SAM system we didnt give away our location. .
but this is not what I learned from my friends in PAF and Army. it appeared that even our SAMS were incapable to intercept a high altitude Jet cruising over Mach 2, but that is a discussion for another time and place.
here we are supposed to be getting FoxBat lookalike SU 35 which is being offered by Russia (for a change) otherwise its us going to west and being denied the jets. during Musharraf time we famously requested SU 27s but were refused.