LOL! Do you think india or Pakistan have capability to stop incoming missiles? haha... Forget about missiles, your air-defense couldn't even intercept incoming dozens of aircrafts on 27th Feb,2019 despite knowing the fact that Pakistanis will come. Also the areas which were targeted are one of the most militarized as that forms frontline defense. Talking about "deficiencies", remember indian air-defense destroyed IAF helicopter assuming it as PAF fighter jet.
If there will be exchange of missiles between india - Pakistan, 99% of missiles will go without interception. Don't even stress your mind by imagining Israel's like scenario. Israel is a tiny airspace with world's most dense and expensive air-defense + US assets and still its not impregnable. Even its most critical installation (airforce base) was hit.
Let’s rewind to Feb 26th first. The IAF penetrated
deep into Pakistani territory, all the way to Balakot, and hit the target they set out to hit.
NOT ONE SINGLE PAF JET even came close to intercepting them during the mission. The IAF jets came in, dropped their payload, and went back without even a scratch. The PAF was caught napping despite all the talk about their readiness. Your air defense was AWOL, bro! India’s Mirage 2000 jets flew in, bombed the Jaish camp, and got back like it was just a routine mission.
Now, about Feb 27th—PAF’s so-called "retaliation" was a joke. it was a total disaster for the PAF, no matter how much you want to dress it up. Sure, the PAF managed to send a bunch of jets towards Indian airspace in a rushed retaliation. But what did they achieve? Absolutely nothing of tactical value. The bombs they dropped were in open fields, not a single high-value target hit – talk about a complete face-saving stunt. PAF couldn’t even get near any real military installations. Dropping bombs in empty ground doesn’t make you a winner; it just makes you look desperate. Now, let’s address the big one: the
F-16 loss. The fact that an Indian MiG-21 – a much older platform – shot down your precious American-made F-16 speaks volumes about the PAF’s performance. And don’t try to deny it – the wreckage with AMRAAM missile serial numbers was enough proof. Losing an F-16 in a fight with a MiG-21? That’s an embarrassment for the PAF, considering F-16s are supposed to be the backbone of PAF.
Moving on to your laughable missile comparison. Let’s make one thing clear: India’s missile and air defense systems are light years ahead of Pakistan’s. We’ve got the
S-400, one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world. Pakistan doesn’t have
anything on that level. India also fields the
Akash SAM system, the
Barak 8 for intercepting missiles and aircraft, and the
QRSAM for mobile, fast-response air defense. Add to that the
BMD system, which is designed to intercept incoming ballistic missiles. You think Pakistan has anything close to that? Absolutely no.
You mention the possibility of a missile exchange. Let me spell it out for you: Pakistan does NOT have the capability to defend against India’s missile arsenal. Pakistan’s air defense would be overwhelmed in minutes. For every missile you throw, India can launch ten. And while we’re on the topic of missiles, your much-hyped Pakistani missile systems like the Ababeel and Shaheen might sound impressive on paper, but they're nowhere near as sophisticated or reliable as India’s proven systems.
Oh, you wanna bring up friendly fire? Let’s not forget Pakistan’s own track record of embarrassing incidents. Remember December 6, 1971, when Pakistan’s Navy frigate PNS Zulfiqar got bombed by
your own Air Force? The PAF misidentified it as an Indian missile boat and scrambled jets to strafing their own ship! Friendly fire at its finest. That was in the middle of the chaos right after India’s Operation Trident, where we hammered Karachi, sinking your ships while the PAF was asleep at the wheel. In 1987, you guys managed to shoot down your own F-16 with a misfired AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during an air patrol. Can’t even handle your own advanced jets without knocking them out of the sky. You’re seriously bringing up friendly fire when your forces are busy sinking their own ships and shooting down their own fighters?
And to top it off, another F-16 was taken out by... wait for it... a wild boar on the runway! Seriously? So before pointing fingers, maybe check your own history of blunders—it’s a long list.