If he had broken his pursuit he would have potentially evaded as well. If the wreckage was on our side the entire narrative would have been different
India - Pakistan Standoff 2019
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If he had broken his pursuit he would have potentially evaded as well. If the wreckage was on our side the entire narrative would have been different
While we want Revenge , Modi is Dancing like a Peacock , showing off his Victory
Air Chief says only thing these days
" I want Rafale , I want Rafale , I want Rafale "
Air Chief says only thing these days
" I want Rafale , I want Rafale , I want Rafale "
The F 16 -Abhinandan story is the only Bright spot for us
Even the Su 30 pilots who evaded the Amraams did a great job , they also deserve
Awards
The Real issue is that IAF is NOW Accepting That it needs Better Air to Air Missiles
And till that happens , Pakistanis will keep dancing
The real issue that will India go back to sleep or this time it will crush Pakistan?
Agree, since Abhi was inside the POK .i feel IAF always follows a mixture of Indian and Russian tactics where as PAF follows mixture of Americans and their own tactics.so IAF always believe in close combat aerial fight not on BVR-AAM engagement.
If the Pakistani plan was to use the C5's additional range to only drive away the MKIs, then the R-77 would be useless in such a scenario. Especially if the MKIs were constrained from firing at targets across the border.
If the Pakistani plan was to kill MKIs where the employment ranges would be optimal for both missiles, then the R-77 would be more effective in such a scenario since the R-77 is faster than the C5.
There's also the possibility that the MKIs went cold in order to draw the Pakistanis in and have the Mig21s pounce on them, which is what happened. Whether this was deliberate or accident, I do not know.
This is the most important point. And I'm sure the Mig-21s were very, very close to the F-16s when this happened. Even closer than the MKIs were.
One wonders what could have happened had the wingman also crossed the border with the WC.
I think he too was targeted by ARMRAAM and evaded those. check the quote on 51 sqrn - it is 'Falcon Slayers' & 'ARMRAAm Dodgers'
Yep. As the story goes, both Abhinandan and his wingman were fired upon, and both dodged the shots. This is a pretty significant achievement made even better with the F-16 kill.
We have no idea how many AMRAAMs all the IAF pilots involved must have dodged in total throughout the engagement.
Abhinandan defied the Order to turn Cold
His Wingman who was behind him could not take a shot
Because it could have hit Abhinandan
According to the Radar images released
Abhinandan came Face to Face with 3 F 16
But very bravely pressed on with his attack
He was clear in his mind that , no matter what he had to shoot one of them at least
It is very clear from the videos that we have seen that ABHI was following thru on his shot and went behind the falling wreckage of F-16 in pursuit of the second F-16 when he was shot down. he had taken a 2 o'clock shot from front on the F-16 and there was no reason for him to continue his attack as the missile was fired in LOBL mode as per what he transmitted. You need to follow thru only if you do a LOAL firing in which case you have to guide the missile to the target using HMSS. he probably did that to ensure that incase counter measures are used by F-16, he is still able to gyide his shot. But most IR flares are ejected behind the aircraft and he had taken a shot from front. There was no way that his seeker would have been fooled by the IR flares if used by F-16.
If you see that video again in which he is seen turning behind falling F-16, it is very clear that he would have easily evaded the AMRAAM and also stayed within his own territory. At that point of time his no-2 is not with him. While he was with him when he fired at F-16.
The Biggest beneficary of this Stand off would be Tejas MK1
We need to Arm each of them with Four Derbys ER and Two Drop Tanks each for
CAP missions
We need to Arm each of them with Four Derbys ER and Two Drop Tanks each for
CAP missions
Mig-21s were specifically vectored for interception. So they were the closest to the intruding F-16s. And they were positioned in such a manner as to intercept directly from their direction of approach.
Kargil Exposed the Weaknesses of the Army
2002 Stand off Exposed the Sundarji doctrine to be Unviable , hence we have
Cold Start
26/ 11 showed that our Coastal defences are Non Existent
2016 Surgical strikes helped in Modernisation of Special Forces
Pak Snipers Helped in Replacing Dragunov
And Finally Balakot helped IAF in a Huge way
Chinese Intrusions helped in Speeding up our Road Development in border areas
Doklam helped in the formation of Mountain
Strike Corps
Our Enemies are Actually our " Friends "
2002 Stand off Exposed the Sundarji doctrine to be Unviable , hence we have
Cold Start
26/ 11 showed that our Coastal defences are Non Existent
2016 Surgical strikes helped in Modernisation of Special Forces
Pak Snipers Helped in Replacing Dragunov
And Finally Balakot helped IAF in a Huge way
Chinese Intrusions helped in Speeding up our Road Development in border areas
Doklam helped in the formation of Mountain
Strike Corps
Our Enemies are Actually our " Friends "
....And our leadership is still in reaction more while we heap abuses on Nehru.
Its always your enemies alone who never back stab you. They come with their flag to fight you. It is the friends and those you have your back to, who backstab.
If they (IAF & Govt) actually proactive, MKIs may be flying now with R-77-1
It would be better if we learn from others mistakes rather than from our own costly mistakes.
Government never stopped or denied the money for Super Sukhoi upgradation programme
It is the IAF which is going Slow and unable to Finalise the
Specific Parts of the Upgradation
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