Yesterday, as a response to a terrorist bombing, the Indian Air Force carried out a large strike against alleged training camps in Pakistan. The strike was carried out by 12 Mirage fighters, with either 4 or 8 Su-30MKIs providing a fighter escort, and two AEW aircraft providing improved situational awareness (an A-50I and an Embraer 145).
EDIT: Sorry, this was written poorly. The strike was against targets in Pakistani Cashmir.
Индийский авиационный удар по территории Пакистана
After this strike combat has broken out in the Cashmir. In retaliation for an alleged strike against an Indian Army division, the IAF has bombed 5 Pakistani border posts. Unspecified numbers of Indian positions were hit by Pakistani airstrikes. There was also an air battle between the PAF and IAF. Two Indian jets were allegedly shot down (some sources indicate just the MiG-21 lost), with a Jaguar aircraft falling in India, both pilots KIA, and a MiG-21 falling in Pakistan with the pilot captured (allegedly shot down by a JF-17). India in turn claims one F-16 downed, but evidence is lacking. Also an Indian Mi-17 either fell on it's own or was shot down, and ultimately fell about ~100 kms from the border. Both sides are moving additional units towards the conflict zone. Bottom link in the last video has some footage of combat. Warning, the first link below contains graphic images.
ПВО Пакистана сбила 2 индийских самолета
Неспокойно на индийско-пакистанской границе
Необычно упал
Танки стягиваются к границе
Отмечают
Footage of the captured Indian pilot.
Пленный пилот ВВС Индии
Personal comment: this is a very serious and very dangerous situation. Both sides are nuclear powers, and this conflict is off to a fairly large scale start. Neither side has a massive technological edge, though India is considerably larger and has invested in some high-end weapons lately. I don't see Russia or China refusing to supply their partners (for money in Russia's case, but India has both money and credit) which leaves them supporting opposite sides. On the flip side both are SOC members, so maybe that organization can be used as a de-escalation format.
EDIT: Both sides are moving tank units towards the border.
Пакистанские Т-84 стягиваются к границе Индии в Кашмир
Индия усиливает танковую группировку в Кашмире
«Al-Khalid», Т-80УД и «Тип 85-IIAP» едут на войну
And here's a video of the Indian MiG-21 going down.
Видео сбития пакистанцами истребителя МиГ-21 ВВС Индии
Meanwhile local civilian air traffic is shutting down, and hospitals are busy painting giant red crosses on their roofs.
Коротко по Кашмиру. 27.02.2019
EDIT: Sorry, this was written poorly. The strike was against targets in Pakistani Cashmir.
Индийский авиационный удар по территории Пакистана
After this strike combat has broken out in the Cashmir. In retaliation for an alleged strike against an Indian Army division, the IAF has bombed 5 Pakistani border posts. Unspecified numbers of Indian positions were hit by Pakistani airstrikes. There was also an air battle between the PAF and IAF. Two Indian jets were allegedly shot down (some sources indicate just the MiG-21 lost), with a Jaguar aircraft falling in India, both pilots KIA, and a MiG-21 falling in Pakistan with the pilot captured (allegedly shot down by a JF-17). India in turn claims one F-16 downed, but evidence is lacking. Also an Indian Mi-17 either fell on it's own or was shot down, and ultimately fell about ~100 kms from the border. Both sides are moving additional units towards the conflict zone. Bottom link in the last video has some footage of combat. Warning, the first link below contains graphic images.
ПВО Пакистана сбила 2 индийских самолета
Неспокойно на индийско-пакистанской границе
Необычно упал
Танки стягиваются к границе
Отмечают
Footage of the captured Indian pilot.
Пленный пилот ВВС Индии
Personal comment: this is a very serious and very dangerous situation. Both sides are nuclear powers, and this conflict is off to a fairly large scale start. Neither side has a massive technological edge, though India is considerably larger and has invested in some high-end weapons lately. I don't see Russia or China refusing to supply their partners (for money in Russia's case, but India has both money and credit) which leaves them supporting opposite sides. On the flip side both are SOC members, so maybe that organization can be used as a de-escalation format.
EDIT: Both sides are moving tank units towards the border.
Пакистанские Т-84 стягиваются к границе Индии в Кашмир
Индия усиливает танковую группировку в Кашмире
«Al-Khalid», Т-80УД и «Тип 85-IIAP» едут на войну
And here's a video of the Indian MiG-21 going down.
Видео сбития пакистанцами истребителя МиГ-21 ВВС Индии
Meanwhile local civilian air traffic is shutting down, and hospitals are busy painting giant red crosses on their roofs.
Коротко по Кашмиру. 27.02.2019
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