Mastankhan
THINK TANK
Agreed 100%, cannot add anything to it. Well explained, Indinas dont have the morals or Psyche of a Typical nemesis. They wont accept their loss/es easily.
Well, there are two sides of the coins on this one, 2 or 9. For me, something middle would have been fine. Your arguments are all True, no denying in it. The thing is what were the chances of India going full Throttle if we had gone at 9 AC (well they went on defcon 4 anyway). I am not going against you but am unable to quantify & outweigh Shooting 9 IAF Ac down against Preventing a WAR.
What were the Chances on paper?? Probability?
Well, worry not, plenty more chances will come for sure, you know better than anybody. Maywe learn from our Mistakes. Amen.
Hi,
When you see your top gun fighter going down in a one on one shoot out---fear and panic takes over decision making process---.
That is why---the Persian forces after seeing their famous fighters being slaughtered in a one on one battle with the invading arab armies refused to enter that kind of combat after the Generals realized how panicked and concerned their soldiers had become---.
You take out 9 enemy top notch aircraft and keep repeating the JF17's to be the culprits---you have decimated the enemy's psyche---.
That little insect just turned out to be the monster---just like the CORONA VIRUS---. No one was giving it a sh-it till yesterday and now the whole of the world is in a lock down---unbelievable---unimaginable---not thought of before---no one would have believed it before---but it has happened---.
You decimate the enemy's top line fighter---you send shock waves in the enemy's ranks---you catch them un-prepared for what you have leashed on them---.
An all out war at that time was more controllable to an all out war in the near future---.
At that time the enemy was ill-prepared---for our reaction and resources---. Now the enemy will be well prepared and would have recovered from the lack of resources ready with upgraded systems---.
The 27th feb reaction was a total blunder by the Paf---.
I state again---M M ALAM's statement---" a Paf pilot is ready when he goes on a mission to take on the enemy---he does not have to ask permission to take on the targets---that is already a part of PRE-PLANNING of the mission "---.
The failure in this case was the Paf pilots continuously asking for permission to take on the enemy---. That meant---all contingencies were not covered prior to the mission---.
Second---I blame the cowardice of the Air Vice Marshall who was flying with the group to not have courage to take immediate charge of the situation rather than passing on the buck---.