A kill with no bullets fired

[Hog_driver]

In the context of the recent India-Pakistan "tensions" I was looking for some info and found an interesting article:

https://secondtonone.com.pk/2024/06/05/a-kill-without-a-price/

[Dragon1-1]

This illustrates why SIGINT tends to be kept strictly under wraps. If the enemy knows you're listening, they can pull stunts like that. In this particular case, the Gnat had no RWR or other means to build SA beyond looking out of the window, and was relying on its own controllers... who blindly trusted the intercepted messages. It's possible they didn't have a radar in the area that could expose the deception.