I understand that - I’m not devaluing you as a source at all - I would really hope they were just empty trucks at the time of the strike - but we can confirm just from outside imagery that they were in fact the platforms PAF uses for this purpose.
Even if they were fully equipped, and we take your word for it that they were not at this instance - the strike would have taken them out - the point being that India was able to hit them and we couldn’t stop it.
Thanks for your effort. I think it should be appreciated. Taking a critical and realistic view of the May episode is critical and extremely useful in plugging in the shortcomings and deficiencies. I am sure our forces must be currently busy in doing the same thing.
However, I would like to point out that, given the proliferation of modern drones and advanced missiles, it may be a bit unrealistic to expect a 100% protection against enemy hits on our critical infrastructure. Like they say hope for the best but prepare for the worst, while trying to achieve the best from our ADs, Pak must be prepared for effectively and successfully dealing with the situation where enemy succeeds in scoring some really devastating hits on our critical infrastructure.
One thing that I sadly noticed during this round of hostilities was even our ‘military experts’ started publicly showing the signs of getting panicked after even a few losses on our own side, right during the hostilities. Without blaming them of cowardice, I think, it’s in fact indicative of a glaring deficiency and a lack of proper policy and training on part of the state of Pakistan. The state, during the peace time, must mentally prepare the Pakistani public and especially train our ‘military experts’ not to lose hope, get panicked, and start spreading pessimism among common people. Making Pakistani public hopeless and allowing pessimism taking roots among Pakistani masses is a sure recipe of disaster for the state.
Instead of expecting that we will never get serious missile hits, the Pakistani public must be prepared to stay calm, determined, and willing to play a constructive role in fighting back the enemy. At the same time, I am sure that our military command must be devising/updating new war plans/strategies such that we hit the enemy even harder if we get serious hits from enemy missiles and drones. We must not end up in a paralysis and leave ourselves at the mercy of the enemy. BTW, that’s the whole point to have nukes. But at the same time, our military must devise effective war strategies aimed at involving and preparing Pakistani public to play pre-determined constructive roles if the need arises.