Going by HAL record, a promise of delivery 10 years later, can easily convert into 20 years. On the other hand, if we negotiate quicker deal with russia with flyaway couple of squadrons and a few more in india.....
I think Munir's goal behind Pahalgam was to invite a response for this reason. When Pakistan is under threat from India, it will force their population to rally under the banner and consolidate his position. He did that and became Field Marshal but I don't think this was managed as tactfully as he would have liked. Once things cool down, I think those differences will come out and be even stronger.
and Scalp against military targets and airfield. They didn't want to get into a full fledged war situation as they were not prepared or looking for it.They did use F1 extensively which is same class as A-100. F2 was used minimally and definitely against Sirsa. More liberal use of F2 and opening with Taimur/Raad would have been their next rung of escalation. But that would responded by Indian Navy action against PNS, also higher use of IAF and IA SSMFood for thought: Pak did not even attempt to resort to the vast plethora of systems available to it: A100/F2/RAAD 1,2/Taimur or BREK or Akinci based LR munition et al. This is in stark contrast to other side using everything from Warmate to
to further degrade their airfields and infrastructure (PAC Kamra?). Then they could have tried to attack Jamnagar or Bathinda refinery or other economic targets. Which then would have invited strikes on Karachi Harbor, oil storage and refineries. And then it could be full fledged war. Just mind you everything so far in this scenario until full fledged war is non-contact, although very painful doesn't threaten Pakistan existence thus no nuclear red lines are crossed. No Indian troops crossed into Pakistan so no use of Tactical nukes.This is coming from Paki so you can expect a bit of bias but he does agree that India has changed the status quo and in next conflict you can see naval blockades and missiles attack on economic centers
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In a major development, Indian intelligence agencies have uncovered a cross-border espionage network allegedly masterminded by a former Pakistani police officer.
Nasir Dhillon was former sub-inspector from the Pakistan Police
The revelation surfaced during the interrogation of an Indian YouTuber who was allegedly arrested for leaking sensitive information related to military installations and troop movements.
Punjab YouTuber Jasbir Singh, who was arrested earlier this week for allegedly spying for Pakistan, revealed during probe that an ex-cop Nasir Dhillon had introduced him to Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials in Lahore. He had also arranged Jasbir Singh's meeting with ISI operative Danish in Pakistan.
As per reports, Nasir and his female accomplice, Naushaba Shehzad aka Madam N, were specifically tasked by ISI to nurture Indian influencers.
"After initial onboarding, Nasir would connect Indian YouTubers visiting Pakistan with high commission official Danish and others who would then assign them espionage tasks and invite them as guests to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi," an investigator was quoted saying to The Times of India.
Nasir is also a real estate dealer operating from Faisalabad and enjoys driving SUVs. "He has a lot of followers on YouTube and he advocates for visas to Indians yearning to meet family in Pakistan through his videos. But that is his alibi to cover up his spying operation," a senior investigator was quoted saying to TOI.
Nasir and Naushaba Shehzad, who operate a travel agency in Pakistan, provided visas for the influencers who "cooperated". Besides providing with visa and other amenities, such as stay at five star hotels, the duo requested the influencers to make pro-Pakistan videos and post them so that a positive narrative is created.
Who was Jasbir Singh?
Jasbir used to operate a channel called "Jaan Mahal." He also used to maintain a close connection with arrested youtuber Jyoti Malhotra and Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, a Pakistani High Commission Official who was expelled from India.
The police investigation found that Jasbir has visited Pakistan three times (2020, 2021, 2024). His electronic devices have contact listed from multiple Pakistan-based numbers. He also attended the Pakistan National Day event in Delhi on the invitation of Danish where he met with other Pakistani officials and bloggers.
Further, police have also found that Danish used to call the 'spies' as guests to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi and assign them tasks. Security agencies also suspect that hundreds of former police personnel of Pakistan Police are part of the espionage racket, which targets Indian YouTubers.
They tried babur cruise missile, shaheen ballistic missile which was shot down as well by the IAF.I think Munir's goal behind Pahalgam was to invite a response for this reason. When Pakistan is under threat from India, it will force their population to rally under the banner and consolidate his position. He did that and became Field Marshal but I don't think this was managed as tactfully as he would have liked. Once things cool down, I think those differences will come out and be even stronger.
What they didn't expect was the escalation to reach a level where India would start firing
They did use F1 extensively which is same class as A-100. F2 was used minimally and definitely against Sirsa. More liberal use of F2 and opening with Taimur/Raad would have been their next rung of escalation. But that would responded by Indian Navy action against PNS, also higher use of IAF and IA SSM
In essence, they did not respond in kind, it was not from a position of strength or high moral ground but they saw where it was heading towards.
I don't think Shaheen was used, they did not want to risk Indian retaliation. India's NFU policy has that flexibility that it considers launch of strategic ballistic missile or even mobilization of warheads itself from storage as imminent first strike, India at that stage could launch counter force strike (or even counter value, who knows all targeting stuff is arbitrary).
