Well, it is easier to hit a static base than to kill 5 birds okay. Do you think it is logical that both India and Pakistan launch 100s of missiles and drones, and NONE hit India, but we have news of people getting killed from 'debris'? LOL
Believe it or not but in conflict unintented targets suffer a lot more damage and casualties because they are simply not that well defended as military targets are.
And yes, debris cause much wider damage because they are numerous. This has been seen since world war 2.
Well, I told you, there is a S400 missile in Pak now, destroyed. If it failed to hit it's target and exploded, you have a problem, if we hit it with HQ9P, you also have a problem. That missile is 1.5 mil$ a pop. So think about it.
If it failed to hit target and exploded, it is not really a problem. Thats what SAM missiles are supposed to do. And 1.5 mil$ is chump change compared to military budget of India.
Heck if this entire enagement costed 10-15 billion dollars (which surely it did not), it is still extremely small amount in terms of budget of India.
Point remains, we have no evidence of HQ-9 hitting that missile, or rather anything. We do have a lot of evidence of things going past HQ-9 and HQ-16 line of defence.
Well, it is easier to hit a static base than to kill 5 birds okay. Do you think it is logical that both India and Pakistan launch 100s of missiles and drones, and NONE hit India, but we have news of people getting killed from 'debris'? LOL
More pertinent point is what is more important. Aircrafts can not operate without ground support. If India is able to hit ALL the ground bases of PAF, that is a major vulnerability for PAF because it puts PAF out of commission.
I saw the sat pics from both sides, all minimal damage except for that Hangar incident which Pak openly admit to, 5 ppl dead and minor damage to C130. You spend probably 100s of millions to achieve quite minimal impact. 100 HAROPs? How many were Jammed and brought down? You have both sides going crazy shouting we destroy that base, this base. In essense, both sides did minimal damage, planes were probably already in bunkers.
There is a massive crater in a runway, two hangers were blown up, the PAF personnel killed was a sqadron leader operating Pakistan's AWACS. I will not say this is a minor damage.
To be honest, this is the opinion of Tom Cooper, one of the Europe's leading military analyst and historian...
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When one side is bombing nuclear weapons storage facilities of the other, and the other has no ability to retaliate left, then that's a clear cut victory in my books.
In this case: a clear-cut victory for India.
No surprise Islamabad 'sounded' for a 'cease-fire'.