That said, presence of intake-covers (or ‘caps’) on the crash sites of several of

’ boosters, as well as original, light grey colour of booster’s bodies, are indicative of some of missiles not being released, but
jettisoned. I.e. released without activation, probably by Su-30MKIs the crews of which were surprised by Pakistani PL-15s, and forced into evasive manoeuvring. (Sure, intake-covers/caps are released at the same time the booster stage is released; but, they are extremely unlikely to come down to the ground at exactly the same spot).