Strikes that would have been checked at the border..
Most of you seem to think Pakistani airspace as easily penetrable.
The oft quoted incident of Indian intrusions in 2008 were to test exactly that..
and it was the Pakistani government.. and not the congress that lacked the cojonies to take on a fight.
Considering the condtions.. the Indian aircraft were locked on before they entered our airspace.. and tailed all the way into Kharian..
all this time... the President and PM were in a state of panic whether or not to issue the fire order..(according to one source I met..(50/50) the Army hawks were pressurizing the President to open fire.. the Naval chief was sweating...the hotline was engaged with President Zardari and PM Manmohan singh..and not mr gilani) the ROE's issued at that time were no engagements till the top leadership gives the green.. otherwise two IAF jets would have been in flames about 2 km inside Pk territory...and a whole heap of hell after that.
However that was probably a probing mission to test the reaction times of the PAF.. and they got their answer.
(there are also rumors about the Americans getting wind of this incident pretty much ten or fifteen minutes after it happened.. and messages were conveyed to Indian leadership to calm down. The whole FBI team and Headly handover were part of the deal to keep India from attacking Pakistan...
again...these are just drawing room rumors.. so take them with a fistful of salt.)
Bottom line is..
Pakistan is a little busy in dealing with the TTP and currently in a state of hardware transition...the forces cannot survive another front in the east... so its best we keep the peace.....for now.
Most of you seem to think Pakistani airspace as easily penetrable.
The oft quoted incident of Indian intrusions in 2008 were to test exactly that..
and it was the Pakistani government.. and not the congress that lacked the cojonies to take on a fight.
Considering the condtions.. the Indian aircraft were locked on before they entered our airspace.. and tailed all the way into Kharian..
all this time... the President and PM were in a state of panic whether or not to issue the fire order..(according to one source I met..(50/50) the Army hawks were pressurizing the President to open fire.. the Naval chief was sweating...the hotline was engaged with President Zardari and PM Manmohan singh..and not mr gilani) the ROE's issued at that time were no engagements till the top leadership gives the green.. otherwise two IAF jets would have been in flames about 2 km inside Pk territory...and a whole heap of hell after that.
However that was probably a probing mission to test the reaction times of the PAF.. and they got their answer.
(there are also rumors about the Americans getting wind of this incident pretty much ten or fifteen minutes after it happened.. and messages were conveyed to Indian leadership to calm down. The whole FBI team and Headly handover were part of the deal to keep India from attacking Pakistan...
again...these are just drawing room rumors.. so take them with a fistful of salt.)
Bottom line is..
Pakistan is a little busy in dealing with the TTP and currently in a state of hardware transition...the forces cannot survive another front in the east... so its best we keep the peace.....for now.