First day was a different story.
First day also S400 could have played a big deterrent but mandate was to strike only few targets and not to engage any military targets. By the time the loss of fighters dawned on IAF, it was too late for them to do anything as all aircraft had retreated by then.
H4 is optically guided is well known. My question is why couldn’t it be used if PAF had total control of the air with S400 not there to challenge them?
So destruction of S400 has taken place only on this forum not actually. Otherwise PAF would have made use of that opportunity to strike back. More so when IAF was pounding all over PAF bases.
Theory that ceasefire stopped them also doesn’t hold good. In a hot scenario each side is ready for all possibilities, which includes changing weapons as required. While striking S400 PAF would have worked out the plan after it is confirmed to be made non operational. As PAF didn’t try anything new shows that strike wasn’t a success.
It is again a wrong notion being sold across. Before declaring Op Bunyan Masrros, there were waves of drones launched from your side to degrade Indian AD. On both 8th and 9th night AD was fully active on Indian side and there are multitudes of videos made by civilians of the same. It seems that the drone push didn’t work as planned. This was proven when Fatah assault was started.
Day one act of PAF was brilliant.
But thereafter your defence forces fell way short. In both defence as well as offence. In defence as Indian forces struck all across Pakistan with proof of success in the form of BDA. In offence as there is no damage at all to show on Indian side.
S400 destruction is based on tyre makes seen inside Adampur. No professional would accept it as anything other than speculation.