Originally Posted by
KiloB
Slightly strange that India is using Mig21 as a front line AD aircraft against an opponent fielding F16s. Surely, even upgraded, they would be at a significant disadvantage?
They appear to have decided that "you go to the fight with the air force that you have" This would put them in good company
with Don Rumsfeld
Originally Posted by NYT Dec 2004
"You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time," Mr. Rumsfeld said.
That strike might also have been a probe, to gauge Pakistani reactions.
Hard to say.