An Indian Defense official admitted that the country’s air force “lost planes” on the night of May 7 when they launched an unsuccessful attack on civil sites in Pakistan during the recent 86 -hour war between the two nuclear powers.
Captain Shiv Kumar, an Indian defense attaché, made the declaration by speaking during a seminar, “ Analysis of the Pakistani-Indian air battle and anticipation strategies of Indonesia from the point of view of air power ” organized by the University Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma in Indonesia.
Kumar blamed the losses suffered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the constraints imposed by the political leadership in New Delhi. He said Indian planes were under the order not to attack the military assets of Pakistan, to avoid climbing.
Earlier, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Anil Chauhan, confirmed fighter planes as far as the May clashes with Pakistan, marking the first official recognition of air losses in the current conflict. He revealed the information in an interview with Bloomberg Television during the Shangri-La dialogue line in Singapore.
However, he denied Pakistan’s count of six slaughtered Indian jets, choosing not to specify the exact number of lost aircraft. “What is important is not a breakdown, but why they were down,” said Chauhan. “The figures are not important.”
On May 30, the leader of the senior party of Bharatiya Janata (BJP), Subramanian Swamy, admitted that Pakistan had shot down five Indian fighter planes, including Rafale Aircraft. However, the military circles of India are still tightened on the number of loss of fighter aircraft per PAF.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has shot down at least six Indian fighter planes, including three gusts built in French, which the government led by Narendra Modi bought to give the IAF a qualitative advantage perceived on the PAF.
