Pakistan–Soviet air confrontations
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Pakistan–Soviet air confrontations
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Pakistan–Soviet/DRA aerial conflict refers to the Soviet Air Forces and the Afghan Air Force occasionally crossing into Pakistani airspace to target Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan where refugees were being armed, dissuade the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from supporting the Afghan mujahideen and to block their supply routes. To counter the Soviet-Afghan jets, the United States began providing F-16 jets to Pakistan. These F-16 jets lacked the capability to fire radar-guided beyond-visual r
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Aerial Confrontations during the Soviet-Afghan War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Soviet_air_confrontations
date created:
2024-03-26T12:41:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T06:35:45Z
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