What's the point? We've already opened our air space to them? Our trade with Afghanistan is being impacted.
India - Pakistan Standoff 2019
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USA won't reveal for 2 reasons,
When Lara selingman reported no loss in count, Pentagon just said " Not aware "
Had they they said there is loss, it would have been huge PR for Modi s election campaign. - releasing now will indicate they denied the PR advantage.
Second they are trying to sell the F16 to India.
Tankers role is Refueling, full stop.
Its not flying south, its only turned on its transponder near some civilian traffic as mandated by
the controller to relay info to the ATC/TCAS
Lets not over speculate my friend.
The point I made is, since we bought only 100, it's likely that it's only on one type of warhead. And we know for sure that the Spice kits have been mounted on penetrators. Rather than speculation, you can actually give it the benefit of the doubt.
I don't know why Popeye wasn't used. It was likely to be used for BDA for a particular set of targets. Or it's possible it was used on other targets in POJK, we simply don't know about the Popeyes' role in the strikes.
The smaller angles are for very specific targets like hangar doors or the like. But against HQs, the angles are mostly higher. So it's unlikely for Spice to miss so completely, especially when our attack wasn't challenged. Also, penetrators cannot make such craters. Whereas a 1000Kg HE would have made a very large crater and most of the trees would have blown away.
Seems like closure of this thread is never going to happen 
Tankers role is Refueling, full stop.
Its not flying south, its only turned on its transponder near some civilian traffic as mandated by
the controller to relay info to the ATC/TCAS
Lets not over speculate my friend.
Sorry to ask a noob question, tanker won't be carrying fuel to the base right?
( I mean severe shortage of fuel at base)
A 1000Kg GP would make a crater 200-300m in diameter and about 5 meters or more deep. It would be like the hole you need to dig before constructing a large apartment building.
Valuable combat testing.
Image artifacts or real. Or maybe a brand new roof replaced overnight.
That was never in question. We were talking about what types of warheads the Spice kit was added on.
Seems like closure of this thread is never going to happen 
Sorry to ask a noob question, tanker won't be carrying fuel to the base right?
( I mean severe shortage of fuel at base)
No question is silly
Fuel supply as the base is replenished through other means, these tankers stick to aerial roles.
Satellites and recce aircraft, including fighter jets and drones with SAR capabilities.
Many places have referred to the Block 20 MLU with the AM/BM designations though.
India Shows Proof U.S. Made F-16s And AIM-120 Missiles Were Used By Pakistan In Aerial Brawl
Pakistan has a fleet of around 76 F-16, which are a mix of A/B Air Defense Fighter (ADF), AM/BM Mid-Life Update (MLU), and Block 52 C/D models.
Billions to Upgrade and Up-arm Pakistans F-16s
The deal leaves the Royal Jordanian Air Force with 43-46 front-line F-16AM/BM MLU Block 20 fighters, and 15-18 F-16A/B Block 15 ADFs, of 79 purchased.
Anyway, it's not very important for the discussion iself.
No question is silly
Fuel supply as the base is replenished through other means, these tankers stick to aerial roles.
I am not able to get the answer from clues.
Anyways will wait for the info..
U mean India doesn't care about it, will go ahead and buy..
Or
Anyways India is not going to buy. No problem.
HVAs like tankers do not ferry fuel. No one can afford that anyway. You'd much rather use trucks and trains.
It can be done for extremely remote places, like Leh.
My personal opinion is India won't go for the F-16. It lacks two engines and is overall not as capable as the Rafale. So it won't even get shortlisted for it to be considered. But if MWF fails compeletely and the IAF is forced to go in for an F-16 vs Gripen competition, then it's back in the reckoning. It will still have to win on its own merit.
But any admission by the US that its F-16 was killed by a Mig-21 even though the Mig-21 was practically surrounded by F-16s, this will destroy its reputation among other customers who are out to buy the aircraft.
Point being, whether the US admits to the loss or not, it will not have any bearing on F-16's selection in India since our methods of selection are good enough to filter out the bad apples, unlike most air forces.
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