an unmanned pakistani palne was shot down near border
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Originally posted by rvikz:
*an unmanned pakistani palne was shot down near border *
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Are you sure it wasnt a duck? j/k
Anyway thats what they are for..no?
Are you sure it was not one of your own
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Coz (IAF) Indians Against Flying has an impressive record.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020106/wl/india_pakistan_spy_plane.html
A Pak UAV was shot down, and the initial reports are very iffy. According to the above report, the UAV is reported to have been shot after it was 2.5 miles inside the indian border. And then it goes on to say that some of the debris may have fallen inside Pakistan territory.
A UAV would have to have what, 20 engines on it to be able to fly 2.5 miles after getting shot. This is similar to that Atlantique incident, which the cowardly indians claimed was shot in indian airspace, whereas the debris was found inside Pakistan.
Seems more like a provocation towards getting Pakistan to make the first major offensive move.
A gutless army like that of india is best known for shooting down non-combat planes, since they cant ever seem to get an edge on PAF fighters. Pathetic.
I read the link posted by akif, im pasting the following from it...
Another Pakistani military official suggested that India may have shot down a child's remote-control drone.
To be honest, I dont think Pakistan would be stupid enough to send a drone to a place where the slightest spark could trigger a full scale war, and that too on the brink of regional peace meetings at Nepal.
This is just another one of those hijacks (later termed false alarms after the minister has negotiations with terrorist who have poor english and want to take the plane to Pakistan) OR parliament attacks (where an armed car gets past the gates of the the Indian parliament without any problems).
Ok..I just re-read the news item.
Written by some "Binoo Joshi", the news reports quotes the following.
If confirmed, this would be the first such reported case since 1999, when Indian troops shot down an unmanned Pakistani surveillance plane in the western Gujarat state, soon after the Kargil armed conflict. The Atlantique aircraft had surveillance and strike capability. There were no casualties and the debris landed in Pakistan.
Pardon me for saying this, but India has got to have the biggest nut jobs manning journalistic responsibilities.
Atlantique? unmanned?
No casualties?
Perhaps india has no regard for its own casualty figures, but 16 Pakistan Naval servicemen were martyred in that Atlantique incident.
Don't tell me its the so called 'Duck' from the gupshup Chat Room?!
[This message has been edited by ahmadjee (edited January 06, 2002).]
Medic gave the link.
hmmm...what these indians thinking?
Ours is not to reason why;
Ours is but to do and die
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Nope, I’m still around
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Incidentally, this is most likely to be an own goal by India.
Indian drone comes down due to “technical snag”
I’m sure that to the Indian army, “technical snag” means “brought down by a hail of bullets from our own troops who can’t tell our own equipment from the Pakistanis”.
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These indians are really dumb!!!
I mean come on.
The just made fools of themselves.
Ours is not to reason why;
Ours is but to do and die
At least give them full marks for punctuality with their goofups. Their next goof up was due in January, and they didnt take long.
Now whats the due date for the next drama?
And what about the idiots who blew themselves out while laying mines. Didn’t someone tell them not to press the fuses or toy around with ammo
Another mine explosion
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http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2002-daily/06-01-2002/main/update.htm#6
just read through all pots.........
i thing my paki friends seem to be more cautious on indian casualties while laying down the mines.but here,we are getting another reprts that pakistani soldiers are losing their lives in trading fires ...
so conflicting reports from both sides and it is interesting....
well,shooting down of an UAV i not a big thing surely.but it signals out that indian army is very alert and prepared to meet ay challenge...
it is foolish to say that pakistan on dare to send a UAV to a place where tension is so high....
because the fact is jut before us in rubbles.....
and any side would send in such drones to conduct survillance over its enemy......
and to term such a UAV as children toy shows immaturity and lack of knowledge.....
no i was a drone
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and they are not for that but to coduct survillance…
just remember one such drone flied ovr Kabul just a day before the war started…Taliban did not shoot down the plane using missiles because that would have given u.s force a vital info..,the missile source…
but here shooting down of a plane means many things.....it is also being regarded as a warning for pakistan from engaging in any misventure.............
well have they found the debris yet? Or even a duck's corpse?
or are they still scouring the mountainous area to locate the debris
That dun help much...does it? ;-)
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ROFL!!! is this for real!!!
The drone did crash - the indian one.
The Pakistani one - there is no proof to that as of yet.
Other than the words of the Indian govt.
Ours is not to reason why;
Ours is but to do and die
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Originally posted by sadas:
here,we are getting another reprts that pakistani soldiers are losing their lives in trading fires ...
Lives are being lost on both sides of the border in cross border shelling, unless youre merely reading the indian press.
well,shooting down of an UAV i not a big thing surely.but it signals out that indian army is very alert and prepared to meet ay challenge...
So your idea of alertness is AA guns firing up after a slow moving, low flying, noisy drone manages to cross one of the most volatile lines of control in the world, and travels 8 kms into Indian airspace? Yeh, I can see how they are prepared for any challenge.
it is foolish to say that pakistan on dare to send a UAV to a place where tension is so high....
Pakistan can dare anything for that matter. Its another thing that this story is but a load of cock and bull.
because the fact is jut before us in rubbles.....
Not exactly before us. Show me the rubble. Chances are, it has a 'tiranga' on its tail.
**and to term such a UAV as children toy shows immaturity and lack of knowledge...../B]
Well thats what they are. Even the IAF MIGs are toys to the indian pilots in many cases. When they are done playing, they stop right in midair instead of landing.
READ THIS…AND HERE IS THE LINK http://www.msnbc.com/news/671951.asp
UPROAR OVER PLANE
Late Sunday, India claimed it had shot down a small, unmanned Pakistani spy aircraft in its territory.
Pakistan denied the claim, saying only an Indian aircraft had crashed and India’s military was trying to cover it up through “baseless propaganda.”
However, Pakistani sources later confirmed the incident to NBC News.
The drone, which takes aerial photographs, was flying nearly three miles inside the Indian territory, an Indian army official told The Associated Press.
An Indian air force plane fired at the drone and then received fire from Pakistani anti-aircraft guns, he said, adding that the Indian plane was not hit. He said it was not clear whether it was fire from the plane or from the ground that brought down the drone.
NBC’s Dawna Friesen reported from Islamabad that Pakistani sources speaking on condition of anonymity admitted that the drone belonged to Pakistan. The official denial was an effort to avoid raising tension further between the two sides, they told NBC.
ENJOY…
U need guts to admit things…