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In a Cold War wet dream that has at once stunned and captured the imagination of international security watchers across the world, the Indian Air Force today declared that a MiG-21 Bison fighter managed to shoot down a Pakistan Air Force F-16D on Wednesday morning over the restive Line of Control that separates Jammu & Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The MiG-21, from the Indian Air Force’s 51 Squadron ‘Sword Arms’ is said to have conducted the claimed kill using a Russian Vympel R-73 close combat missile. The Indian Air Force today, as part of an effort to conclusively prove that it was a group of F-16 that led the sweep, produced evidence of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile fired from the F-16, that likely brought down the MiG-21. The IAF also said it had captured electronic signatures of the aggressing aircraft, concluding that it was an F-16. No wreckage of the F-16 — or any other jet — has yet been revealed, though the Pakistan military did first claim it had brought down two jets, subsequently, and conspicuously, correcting the claim. While the Bison’s pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, two Pakistani pilots who punched out of the F-16D are currently unaccounted for. Pakistan has switched to claiming no loss after first announcing that it had shot down two Indian jets. The abrupt correction has led to the widespread belief that Pakistan initially believed it had shot down two Indian jets, but discovered only later that it was in fact an F-16D that had come down. -
Kudos to the bravery and skill of the pilot.Comment
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No such incident happened dude, India has shown no evidence what so ever and Pakistan has totally denied any loss of an aircraft..
PAF however claims to have shot down 2 Indian jets in aerial engagements and 1 Pilot is captured.
Its for the world to see.
PAF 1, IAF 0.Comment
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Interesting... From what I have read, there has been no such incidence. No evidence presented by the Indian government and expert have also stated it does not seem likely that it happened.
A very interesting situation developing in that part of the world. Britain, the US and China have to be very responsible now.Comment
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Where I used to work they hired a guy from India. Nice guy laid back got along with everybody. . One of our guys asked him about Pakistan and he completely freaked out. According to him they should nuke the place to rubble. When someone said they have nuclear weopons also he said, so what we have more people we will survive and they will be gone. Good riddance. He wasn't joking.. We were stunned.Comment
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Was he Hindu by any chance?Originally posted by TonyGe View Post
The amount of racism in India is off the charts.Comment
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Pakis are way worse than Indians in every form of the word. They are the cause of the problems between them and India and have caused the deaths of millions.Originally posted by TonyGe View PostComment
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Funny how Pakistan is the one who caused the million deaths in the revolution to split India into two based purely off of religion yet you try to call the Indians racist.Originally posted by hayZ View PostComment
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New Delhi: The central government has shared with the United States evidence of the fighter jet brought down by IAF pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, in an aerial dogfight over the Line of Control on Wednesday to bolster its case about misuse of the fighter aircraft against India.Originally posted by Lullaby View Post
Although Pakistan vehemently denies using the F-16, the IAF had displayed parts of an AMRAAM missile, which can only be fired from the fighter jet. The missile part had fallen on the Indian side of the Line of Control after the aerial combat.
https://www.news18.com/amp/news/indi...d-2053143.htmlComment
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