In the history of air combat has an air-launched missile ever destroyed another missile lauched from the air?

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Myself at a beach in Orissa in 2001. Those are ways in the background.

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In the Indo-Pak context the biggest problem with using aircraft for nukes is that it isnt as simple as it sounds. I think most tend to think of dropping a nuke as only a matter of sending some jets over the border and coming back after a bomb toss.

For a nuke mission, an airforce would have to gather total air assets numbering a minimum of 30-40 along with the nuke carrier. This number sounds limited considering the size of the two air forces, but in practical terms it is very difficult to organise. And on top of these resources have to be marshalled for a large period of time – a couple of hours at least.

In the Indo-Pak context conventional packages have never been more than 5-6 at a time. For a nuke strike youll also need reliable backups that are in the air in friendly air space simultaneusly.

You need aircraft for EW, SEAD, Air Superiority and what not and even if one component fails the entire mission is in danger is in jepordy. Little can be worse than your nuke getting shot down and landing on the wrong place….

I go “eek” when I look at numbers involved in the Israel-Arab wars – I guess that it was possible there because of the smaller area of the entire theatre of war.

Any good gun cam pictures from Arab side? IDF ones will be welcome as well.

Oops, the Gondola tank is not found in the A-5s but in the F-6s – my mistake. But I still need basic info on this modification. Looks like a blended tank you find these days in F-16Is et al…

Arthur,

I have many pictures of PAF A-5s without the underwing tanks. But yes, i do think they are a necessity while attempting anything other than photo shoots.

Attached: PAF machine in wierdo blue scheme