India’s best general acknowledges “loss” in air in recent clash with Pakistan
Indian defense personnel said the country suffered initial losses in the recent military conflict with neighboring Pakistan but refused to provide details.
“It’s important why these losses happen and what we’re going to do afterwards,” General Anil Johan told Reuters news agency on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Forum in Singapore.
India and Pakistan engage in Four Days of Conflict This month, their worst standoff since 1999, before agreeing to a ceasefire on May 10. More than 70 people were killed in the missile, drone and artillery fires on both sides, but there was a competitive claim on casualties.
India said more than 100 “terrorists” were killed in several “terrorist camps” in Pakistan, rejecting the claim, saying more than 30 Pakistani civilians were killed in the Indian attack.
Meanwhile, New Delhi said on the Indian side, nearly twenty civilians were killed, most of them along India-managed Kashmir on the disputed border.
The battle between two nuclear powers is Attacking tourists On April 22, 26 people were killed in Pahalgam, India-managed Kashmir, and almost all tourists were killed. New Delhi accused Pakistan of supporting the armed groups behind the attack, an allegation denied by Islamabad.
During the conflict, Pakistan also claimed to have defeated at least five Indian military aircraftincluding at least three gusts. But Chauhan saw it as “absolutely incorrect” on Saturday, confirming that his country lost at least one aircraft.
“I think it’s important not to fall the jet, but why it’s going to fall,” he told Bloomberg in another interview in Singapore.
On May 11, the day after the ceasefire, India’s air marshal Ak Bharti told reporters in New Delhi that “all of our pilots are back home”, adding: “We are in a battle scene, which is part of the battle”.
On Saturday, Johan said that India changed its tactics after suffering losses in the air after the first day of the conflict and established a decisive advantage.
“So we corrected the strategy and went back to [May] “There are a lot, seventh and tenth time, hitting air bases deep inside Pakistan, and conducting a precise strike with impunity,” he said.
Islamabad denies that it suffered any losses from aircraft, but admits that its air base has suffered some blows, albeit with minimal losses.
When the battle stopped, the Indian government made it clear that if Pakistan launches further terrorist attacks, it will “react accurately and decisively.”
“So there is my own dynamic so far [as] Armed forces involved. This will require us to prepare 24/7. ” he said.
Chauhan also said that while Pakistan is closely linked to China, which borders India in the north and northeast, Beijing showed no signs of actual help during the conflict.
“Although this is from [April] No. 22, we did not find any abnormal activity in the operational or tactical depth of the northern border, and the situation is usually correct. ” he told Reuters.
Asked if China could provide Pakistan with any satellite imagery or other real-time intelligence during the conflict, Qiao Han said the image was commercially available and could have been purchased from China and other sources.
