Air Battle over Kashmir : MiG-21 Bison shoots down F-16
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Apparently as many as 11-12 bombs were fired in total.
And we know for a fact all failed.
MKI has two engines and a two man crew. Till every ladder is removed, it can't be started off. 30seconds for pilots to strap in and punch start button for first engine. another 15 secs for the engine to light up followed by second engine. that makes it one minute. First and second engine stabilising takes another 45 seconds. All ground equipment is waived off with lighting up of second engine and weapons made live takes another 15 seconds. Line up and take off another 30 seconds and acceleration to supersonic speed and climb to 42K with armament live another one minute minute and thirty seconds. A Su-30 wil, take five minutes to get airborne even if pilots are next to it. Now do ypu know whay I had stated while designing MSA that IAF does not have a first day, first show aircraft?
Gnat used to get airborne within 45 seconds as it had an air starter and single engine and single seat.
That a large PAF package was forming bit by bit...
Naturally, that was my first guess as well. But there's no point speculating, goes nowhere.
Good for ya. Then let all us mortals wait for information over decades like other mortals do. I don't mind waiting.
Guess that's why Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was able to take off while bombs were just about to hit the runway...
It was reported but in very low scale and that too by portraying in media as just a suspected malfunction case, an advanced tech based organization name was leaked as diversion by those responsible to prevent the attack, nothing more nothing less. Thank you.
Yep, 5 min for a twin engine aircraft. Less than 2 min for a single engine.
I believe that's the point of LCA/MWF as well.
all you want to say is IAF must do chest thumping and do press conferences all the time and come on tv for every operation they undertake ? what else you mean kindly explain . cancer is generally detected when the time is near , but scratches on the skin can be seen easily and we have abhinandan scratches eposide for gafoora here . pakistan is dhobi ka kutta now . they will now fight from twitter or in jalsas for long period of time till mohamad ke jihadi stand against them ultimately .
I agree, this is epic fall from grace for PAF. A worthy and highly respected enemy falling so low to claim glory.
Only in the media. The fact is the IAF met the PAF. The controller also said as much. There was no 'surprise'.
PAF Fighter pilots in jump suits at PAF Filmfare awards... I just wanted to puke..
Mig-21 has an engine start sequence of 45 seconds but it still could get airborne in less than two minutes as the intake is in the nose and does not interfere with anyother thing. The pilot would jump in and punch start button while still still strapping on and ground crew on ladder.
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@VSTOL, FALCON.. A question here..
Considering that a similar scenario unfolds in the near future, and the fact that PAF standoff weapons could target our installations near the loc, from pok or Pakistani Punjab itself. How could the IAF respond ? Will the IAF AD systems and fighters fire at PAF fighters across the loc? What about firing across IB ? SOP applicable ? Or will it be just trying to get a lock on PAF aircrafts hoping that they don't drop their ordnance...
Considering that a similar scenario unfolds in the near future, and the fact that PAF standoff weapons could target our installations near the loc, from pok or Pakistani Punjab itself. How could the IAF respond ? Will the IAF AD systems and fighters fire at PAF fighters across the loc? What about firing across IB ? SOP applicable ? Or will it be just trying to get a lock on PAF aircrafts hoping that they don't drop their ordnance...
We got hit by a billion cyber attacks only last year, and that's only the reported ones. And even more this year.
More than half are linked to the Chinese. The Chinese even managed to hack into our satellites, which they can do in their sleep.