If one of the Rafale was downed by the HQ-9 it's a fair bet that the pilot was killed on impact. PL15's warhead weighs 20 to 25kg, whilst HQ-9's warhead weighs 180kg, almost an order of magnitude larger in yield.
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If one of the Rafale was downed by the HQ-9 it's a fair bet that the pilot was killed on impact. PL15's warhead weighs 20 to 25kg, whilst HQ-9's warhead weighs 180kg, almost an order of magnitude larger in yield.
Someone tell them this was a PL-15E
So, do we have visual confirmation of the 2nd or even 3rd Rafale down? What are the possible locations?
Where are all the crashed planes' poilots, dead or alive? Do we have any footage yet?
These info are all secured & contained by Indian authorities, aka cutting off local network?
Where are all the crashed planes' poilots, dead or alive? Do we have any footage yet?
These info are all secured & contained by Indian authorities, aka cutting off local network?
Posting as reference. There are already Indian denials that BS001 even existed and the evidence is just photoshop. lol
Rafale BS 001:
Rafale BS 001:
So, do we have visual confirmation of the 2nd or even 3rd Rafale down? What are the possible locations?
Where are all the crashed planes' poilots, dead or alive? Do we have any footage yet?
These info are all secured & contained by Indian authorities, aka cutting off local network?
There are several in the hospital.
> 125 fighter jets
That's quite insane for just a raid ngl
Since the start of the Ukraine War, it has been quite a normal occasion really.
This is a PSA on using Google Lens to check photos. Be careful since Google sucks now.
Being shot down by unmanned speedboat tends to have that effect.
If a Su-30 was shot down in 2019 it would have been kind of a big deal, since it would have been the first A2A loss of a Flanker (and a relatively modern one at that).
But either way, regardless of whether or not a Su-30 was shot down in 2019, its lacking performance against JF-17s and F-16s still exposed its vulnerabilities, which shattered the myth of it being the dominant A2A platform in the subcontinent; Su-35S and Su-30SM getting shot down by Ukrainian S-300s or Buk-M1s probably didn't help to redeem its image, even though not one of those were confirmed lost in A2A combat.
MiG-29s getting trounced in air combat against every other 4th generation fighter (including Su-27/30/35), however, does make it a non-surprise in this instance, and indeed, well yeah that happens.