Edited sentence: Had the Pilot not flew at Mach 3, the mission would have been a top secret.In 1997, an Indian Air Force, MIG 25 on reconnaisance mission over Pakistan was detected, but the Pilot broke the Sound barrier & flew at the Mach 3, the Pakistani Air Force, flew their F-16, but their higher authorities knew the F16's are useless against the service celling of MIG 25.Reports indicated that Pakistani's consdiered the act of the Indian Air Force Pilot as a challenge to show them they no such plane in their inventory to come close close to their MIG 25