Probably explains why HQ-9P failed to intercept most Indian launched ballistic missiles, since we here have previously thought that although HQ-9B isn't a dedicated ABM system it is still capable of performing such a role
The Kashmir conflict 2025.
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I saw someone say it was a video from a few years ago, but I'm not sure now
I believe she serves in the navy not the air force. It seems fake, let's wait and watch.
If these photos are authentic, it would only be a matter of time before Pakistan reveals the name of the pilot and - by extension - her squadron, aircraft, mission details, and perhaps the circumstances in which she was shot down.
Of course, whether or not a Rafale was indeed shot down would be definitively and unequivocally proven.
we'll she's lucky to have survived the ejection. Now she will get the highest military award of India along with 100 J-10's shotdown attributed to her name. I'm jealous of her.
Apparently she flies for the IN now as per Indians, so don't think this is her. I doubt any Indian planes were lost last night. The levels of misinfo surrounding this conflict is insane.
Hold on; it is one thing to say that Indian BMs were not intercepted by HQ-9Ps and another to claim that the HQ-9Ps failed to hit them. The latter implies that the PAF air defense network is dense enough to employ its valuable HQ-9Ps in this manner and that an attempt was made by an HQ-9P battery to shoot the missiles down. There is no evidence of the latter.
In fact the only buzz of a so-called "HQ-9 failure" are Indian social media claims, not even official claims, the credibility of which is substantially diminished by the complete lack of photo evidence (no, the photo of the damaged lorry that bears no resemblance to an HQ-9 vehicle is not "evidence").
The -9P is for the army, the -9BE for the airforce. Territorial air-defence is done by the airforce.
I'm not talking about the "drone strikes" on the command vehicle here, I don't believe a word of that.
But they hit military targets along the border last night, the first wave on May 7th IMO is excusable since they were hitting on civilians and is understandable that their air defense network isn't dense enough to cover every city and non-essential areas. But last night was airfields along the border that was targeted, I don't think it's excusable to say that the HQ-9s aren't deployed there to guard the airfields against enemy strikes especially with Nur Khan airbase being one of those larger airfields in the area. Yet the airfield was still damaged unless it was operator error or they somehow decided not to intercept the missile I do think we have probable cause here to think that their air defense failed to intercept the BMs.