India dismisses Pak’s declare of downing six planes however confirms lack of fighter jets for the primary time

The Indian army has acknowledged the lack of fighter jets in its current standoff with Pakistan for the primary time, reported Bloomberg on Saturday (Might 31).

Anil Chauhan, chief of defence employees of the Indian Armed Forces, instructed Bloomberg that it was vital for India to determine why the jets have been downed. He additionally dismissed Pakistan’s declare of downing six Indian jets as “completely incorrect”.

“What’s vital is that, not the jet being down, however why they have been being down,” Chauhan stated, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

“Why they have been down, what errors have been made — which are vital,” Chauhan stated when requested in regards to the fighter jets. “Numbers are usually not vital,” he added.

“The great half is that we’re capable of perceive the tactical mistake which we made, treatment it, rectify it, after which implement it once more after two days and flew all our jets once more, focusing on at lengthy vary,” Chauhan stated.

Pakistan’s claims

The Pakistani authorities, together with PM Shehbaz Sharif himself, earlier claimed that the nation’s air power shot down six Indian fighter jets, together with 4 French-made Rafales, throughout the newest army battle.

Nonetheless, the declare has not been verified independently, with India now brazenly refuting it.

India’s Operation Sindoor

Below Operation
Sindoor
, India struck terrorist websites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK). When Pakistan launched missile and drone assaults, India attacked Pakistani army. Within the four-day battle that ended on Might 10 with
Pakistan’s request for a ceasefire
 , India struck a minimum of eight Pakistani airbases along with different army websites, reminiscent of air defence items and radar websites.

The Indian Air Power (IAF) 
focused
4 air bases, took out an airborne early warning system and neutralised a number of air defences of the Pakistani forces with precision strikes, forcing Islamabad to hunt a truce, in line with Indian defence sources.

The
Indian Navy
 regarded prepared to focus on Karachi Naval Port on Might 10 morning with its armada shifting 260 miles off Makaran Coast.

India reportedly used its S-400 air defence system in Adampur to destroy a Pakistani SAAB-2000 airborne early warning 
system
 .

Notably, the goal was flying 315 kilometres
deep
into Pakistan. The S-400 took it out simply as Pakistan’s air defence methods had already been paralysed.