The Kashmir conflict 2025.

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AndrewJ

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jshw31 said:
India probably has to conduct more strikes to save face. If so, I'd imagine they resort to more cruise missiles. If not targeting high value targets, Pakistan will probably let most of them through. Very costly for India though, these missiles are generally not in huge supply.
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Any idea on why Pak don't protect civilian targets with AD? Too few defense missiles & batteries? :rolleyes:
 
zyklon

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Deino said:
No it is NOT! It is a drop tank ... but yes, it is a hint that an aircraft might be lost!
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plawolf said:
There are rumours that there were more wreckage in the vicinity but the reporters were only allowed to photograph the drop tank debris.
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That drop tank photographed and recovered by the IAF in Pampore has been identified by
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, to be of French origin and to be compatible with the Mirage 2000.

Moreover, given the severe damage the drop tank visibly sustained, both it and the French made aircraft it was attached to were likely struck by either hostile or friendly fire.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1919999875904860522

From what we know so far, and given, to the best of my knowledge, the lack of more compelling possibilities, this drop tank was most likely attached to the Mirage 2000 that was reportedly downed in or near Pampore, and initially
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as a JF-17 from the supposed appearance of its turbofan debris.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1919888364175495327

Subsequently, Indian defense analyst and media pundit Abhijit Iyer-Mitra acknowledged that the turbofan debris in question came from a Snecma M53, which would've inevitably belonged to an IAF Mirage 2000.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1919910428974711183

Not to say I agree with Mr. Iyer-Mitra on much, but he should know what his own country's fighter turbofans look like better than most of us.

This is obviously a working theory concerning the aircraft downed over Pampore on May 7th, so it's obviously both incomplete and tentative.

If anyone got a better idea on what happened, I'd love to hear it.
 
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xyz4321

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Deino said:
No it is NOT! It is a drop tank ... but yes, it is a hint that an aircraft might be lost!
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Some more details,

Original image flipped upside down,
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It reads,
ATTENTION DOUBLE BOUCHON DE REMPLISSAGE CARTOUCHE DESHYDRATANTE A DEVISSER AVANT EMPLOI DU RESERVOIR

CAUTION
PRESSURIZATION
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(translation)
CAUTION DOUBLE FILLING CAP DESICCANT CARTRIDGE TO UNSCREW BEFORE USING THE TANK

CAUTION
PRESSURIZATION
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Zooming in...
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manqiangrexue said:
So... 13+15 Indians killed = 28, maybe a pilot who was unlikely to survive a SAM strike = 29?
And 26+3 Pakistanis killed = 29
Is that kinda close to what we know?
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I guess so. I haven't kept an accurate tally. I suspect there are rising casualties + missing persons in the Indian Kashmir sector which may have not been accounted for yet. Poonch had a population of ~25k; it is emptied out now.
 
SteelBird

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Has this been posted before?

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