A scientist placed a frog on a table and yelled, “Frog, jump!” The frog leapt forward two feet to the middle of the table. The scientist adjusted his spectacles, read the information flashing on the digital displays of the sophisticated equipment placed in the vicinity and scribbled some observations. He then picked up the amphibian and put it back at the starting point. Without any emotions, he removed (read “chopped”) its hind legs with surgical precision and yelled again, “Frog, jump!” The incapacitated being did not move an inch. “Eureka!” The heart of the jubilant scientist took a leap; he flipped open his notepad and wrote this inference: “The amputation of the hind limbs of an amphibian at an ambient temperature of 27ºC affects its tympanic membranes so that there is a hundred per cent loss of hearing (at 100 db, 25,000 Hz).
Drawing conclusions, inferences and lessons is an art.
It is inappropriate to talk of a scientist and a frog when the flavour of the day is the airstrike by the IAF across the border at Balakot in Pakistan.
An expert with a TV channel has made an observation that Wing Commander Abhinandan took a hundred and thirty two steps in seven minutes to cross the Attari-Wagah border. Another one has concluded that Imran (Pakistan) surrendered to a moustache (that of Abhinandan).
That was for dark humour.
On a serious note, a conclusion that some are drawing is that an F-16 aircraft is no match for a MiG 21 Bison. Perhaps it is a conclusion that has been reached a little too early by “experts” sitting in the cosy comforts of their drawing rooms. The fog of war has not cleared yet. Abhinandan’s version of the story is yet to become public.
This is a time for restraint; time to hold the horses and to avoid jumping to conclusions. Drawing inferences, conclusions and lessons is an art, a rare art. It better be left to the real experts.
For now, the question is:
Would the availability of a state of the art fifth generation fighter aircraft in IAF inventory have deterred Pakistan from daring to enter Indian airspace?
An expert is not needed to answer that question.
Road Much Travelled 
That’s a good simile: Appreciate the way Ashok you commenced the blog.
That’s right: we should wait for Wg Cdr Abhinandan’s views.
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Do not be a frog in the well is not what the author says.But will a weapon decide the outcome of a war or the intention of the enemy?
Modi-fy was the war like uproar !
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Yes, we need to wait for the complete truth to unfold before making conclusions. Yet, it os important to keep the public opinion and euphoria high. Small conclusions that help build them is good for the times. So lets cheer that Mig 21 shot the daylight out of an F16, that the veerapan mustaches scared the pakis to release Abhinandan, that the 56 inches was more powerful in silence than in talks with Imran.
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