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India confirms loss of MiG-21 in Pakistan skirmish
FlightGlobal ^ | 27 February, 2019 | Dominic Perry

Posted on 02/27/2019 5:25:10 AM PST by Freeport

India's foreign ministry has confirmed that one of its air force's Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters has been shot down amid escalating tensions with its neighbour, Pakistan.

In a televised statement, a foreign ministry official said Pakistan had launched an incursion into Indian airspace "targeting military installations" in the disputed region of Kashmir on 27 February.

"But due to our high state of readiness and alertness, Pakistan's attempts were foiled successfully. The Pakistan air force was detected and the Indian air force responded immediately."

During the aerial engagement that followed, one aircraft from each side was shot down, the official says.

"The Pakistani aircraft was seen by ground forces falling from the sky on the Pakistan side [of the border]," he says.

Pakistan claims to have captured the Indian pilot – identified on social media as Wing Commander Abhi Nandan – and to have also shot down another aircraft.

New Delhi is "still ascertaining the facts" in the case, the foreign ministry official says.

Islamabad's action was a retaliation for air strikes conducted the previous day by India against alleged militant training camps on the Pakistani side of the border.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; balakot; china; india; indiapakistan; jaishemohammed; kashmir; pakistan; pulwama; sidebarabuse; terrorists; waronterror
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This is not going to end well.
1 posted on 02/27/2019 5:25:10 AM PST by Freeport
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To: Freeport

From their museum?


2 posted on 02/27/2019 5:28:07 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Freeport

I heard of two Indian Migs or Mirages shotdown. And India claimed F-16 shotdown by Mig. Pakis said has pilots in custody.


3 posted on 02/27/2019 5:28:33 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: Freeport

These two are my biggest fear of nuclear confrontation. Both armed. Both quite capable. I especially fear Pakistan. The same folks who allowed OBL to live in their country.


4 posted on 02/27/2019 5:28:53 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: Freeport

Was Tom Cruise in any of the jets?

These two countries seem to have some sort of skirmish on a semi regular basis.

I guess one day one of them will spiral out of control.

Hard to tell which one and when.


5 posted on 02/27/2019 5:30:12 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Vaquero

I think you are fully justified in your concern. I have the same concerns.


6 posted on 02/27/2019 5:31:47 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Freeport

“This is not going to end well.”

Considering the history of Indian-Pakistani relations since they separated from each other, it is not going to end at all.


7 posted on 02/27/2019 5:32:16 AM PST by VietVet
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To: Freeport

Mig 21 has been around since the 50s. Surprised India using it for frontline aircraft.


8 posted on 02/27/2019 5:34:00 AM PST by donozark (There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
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To: donozark

Use assets that they can easily absorb the loss? Save the “good stuff” in case the conflict escalates?


9 posted on 02/27/2019 5:38:08 AM PST by HombreSecreto (Ann Coulter - America's "Heroin Conservative")
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To: Vaquero

I hope they both realize that they will get nothing out of it other than Chinese occupation.


10 posted on 02/27/2019 5:46:18 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Freeport

It’s probably already pretty close to over.


11 posted on 02/27/2019 5:50:18 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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And India claimed F-16 shotdown by Mig.

That stretches credibility.

12 posted on 02/27/2019 6:02:16 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, my reaction was, oh heck! A MiG-21? They’re expendable. Like bullets.


13 posted on 02/27/2019 6:02:56 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Freeport

And a Glock they lost a Glock.


14 posted on 02/27/2019 6:04:06 AM PST by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Freeport

Both sides will vent their spleen with this dust up but that is far as it will go. India realizes it has the forces to conquer Kashmir but that would humiliate and make desperate a nuclear armed Pakistan. After three or four weeks of clashes, it will calm down. There will be no attempt by India to take Kashmir with a large conventional force.


15 posted on 02/27/2019 6:04:16 AM PST by allendale (.)
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Like a strike reduces internal labor pressure, Kashmir acts as a popoff valve for the india/pakistan pressures


16 posted on 02/27/2019 6:06:51 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: Freeport

MIG-21? They still make parts for that thing?


17 posted on 02/27/2019 6:10:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Freeport

Not fun having Muslim neighbors.


18 posted on 02/27/2019 6:26:45 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: donozark

Both sides use MiG-21 variants.

Data from Wiki—

The Pakistanis have the below combat aircraft, most of which can be directed toward India:

90 Mirage 5
90 Mirage III
139 Chengdu J-7 (Chinese Mig 21 Copy)
100 JF-17 Thunder
45 F-16 Fighting Falcon

The Indians have the following combat aircraft, but have to watch the Chinese as well:

230 Su-30
69 MiG-29
57 Mirage 2000
139 SEPECAT Jaguar
85 MiG-27
125 MiG-21


19 posted on 02/27/2019 6:29:15 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Now if only Russia and China had another border skirmish.


20 posted on 02/27/2019 6:33:48 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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