All Pakistani F-16s are accounted for: US Govt buries Indian propaganda.

[SIPRA]

India's time to launch protest with U.S, should have used most accurate vedic numerology.

You see, the due determination of the "Shubh Gharhi", in accordance with the Vedic rites, is far more difficult than shooting down an F-16 with MIG-21.

 

[maximuswarrior]

All from Indian sources now

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-...ts-indias-claim-foreign-policy-report-2018244

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-them-missing-report/articleshow/68733231.cms

https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...ne-of-them-missing-report/article26742502.ece

https://www.business-standard.com/a...et-completely-baseless-fo-119031000225_1.html

https://in.reuters.com/article/indi...wn-in-indian-battle-report-idINKCN1RH0IK?il=0

Am loving the comments on some of these, with half of them finally waking up and lashing out at Modi and half of them still saying that India is the only country in the world not lying about this claim

The Indians got shafted LOL

Ask your isrp guy.he said so

LOL how does the humiliation feel like? Could you share your experience?

 

[Areesh]

I may not believe F16 was shot down.but I certainly doubt jf17 shot down mig 21

And you have no proof for your doubt

Don't miss that part

 

[SIPRA]

Go by Author's previous articles, Seems like an arms lobbyist to me.
The Pentagon releases official press releases for everything, was there a press release for this ? If not, then the timing of this report is in itself a suspect.
Oh and most importantly did they count the F-16 Pak brought from Jordan or only the American supplied ones ?

"Jal bhi chukay parvaanay, ho bhi chuki ruswaayi
Ab khaak urhaanay ko baethay haen tamaashayi"

 

[Khafee]

Warhead exploded after hitting chaff

Does not happen - this is a AIM-120-C5 in question.

 

[BHarwana]

This is serious humiliation for IAF. Very bad and very sad.

 

[Rollno21]

And you have no proof for your doubt

Don't miss that part

Do you have proof ,you are claiming it.

LOL how does the humiliation feel like? Could you share your experience?

Isrp works for Pakistan and not India if I am not wrong

 

[Tejas Spokesman]

this is a AIM-120-C5 in question.

Exactly.
It's inefficient and nalfubctioning warhead lead to the development of AIM 120C6 which is basically C5 with improved warhead.

 

[SIPRA]

this is pure gold

https://twitter.com/x/status/1114007254049665024

No, Sir. It is far more than pure gold. It is pure platinum.

 

[Areesh]

Do you have proof ,you are claiming it.

We have wreckage of Mig 21

What you have for your doubt?

 

[Beast]

They believe the jf17 is such a abd aircraft that its an insult to even engage with it..like you wont engage with civilian aircraft

Claiming it shot down F-16 just give another incentive to claim JF-17 is better cos it can't be shot down. That is another wrong move from Indian

 

[Khafee]

Exactly.
It's inefficient and nalfubctioning warhead lead to the development of AIM 120C6 which is basically C5 with improved warhead.

No clue, what that means. Please speak English, not gibberish.

Nonetheless, A dead MKI disagrees with you, but you don't have to agree with him.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Do you have proof ,you are claiming it.


Isrp works for Pakistan and not India if I am not wrong

Hehe. Very vulnerable and pathetic.

You can ask the French for some help. Rafale will save the day. Hehe. Macron and Modi could fly the Rafale against PAF LOL

 

[Ali Tariq]

What you have for your doubt?

Modi, naam hi kafi hai.

not gibberish.

 

[Dubious]

Source

It would be nice if this US report puts an end to Indian nonsense claims. One more arrow in Modi's behind.

Did India Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet? U.S. Count Says No.
New Delhi and Islamabad had conflicting accounts of a February dogfight.
By Lara Seligman | April 4, 2019, 7:50 PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the public rally in Kolkata, India, on April 3. (Atul Loke/Getty Images)

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India’s claim that one of its fighter pilots shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle between the two nuclear powers in February appears to be wrong. Two senior U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the situation told Foreign Policy that U.S. personnel recently counted Islamabad’s F-16s and found none missing.

The findings directly contradict the account of Indian Air Force officials, who said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman managed to shoot down a Pakistani F-16 before his own plane was downed by a Pakistani missile.

It is possible that in the heat of combat, Varthaman, flying a vintage MiG-21 Bison, got a lock on the Pakistani F-16, fired, and genuinely believed he scored a hit. But the count, conducted by U.S. authorities on the ground in Pakistan, sheds doubt on New Delhi’s version of events, suggesting that Indian authorities may have misled the international community about what happened that day.

The news comes just days before the start of India’s general elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another term in office. In the weeks leading up to the election, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated to levels not seen in decades after a Pakistan-based militant group killed more than 40 Indian security officers in a Feb. 14 suicide bombing in India-controlled Kashmir. Both sides have been accused of spreading disinformation and fanning nationalistic flames.

Although the news likely won’t sway Indian voters, Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at MIT, said the way the events have unfolded may affect India’s efforts to deter Pakistan in the future.

“As details come out, it looks worse and worse for the Indians,” Narang said. “It looks increasingly like India failed to impose significant costs on Pakistan, but lost a plane and a helicopter of its own in the process.”

The dogfight between the two nations occurred on Feb. 27, when India says a group of Pakistani jets entered its airspace in response to the first Indian air raid on Pakistani territory since a 1971 war. India scrambled its own jets and gave chase. During the aerial battle that ensued, Varthaman took a missile hit and ejected safely into Pakistani territory.

He was captured by the Pakistani army and released days later in an effort to de-escalate the crisis.

One of the senior U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the count said that Pakistan invited the United States to physically count its F-16 planes after the incident as part of an end-user agreement signed when the foreign military sale was finalized. Generally in such agreements, the United States requires the receiving country to allow U.S. officials to inspect the equipment regularly to ensure it is accounted for and protected.

Some of the aircraft were not immediately available for inspection due to the conflict, so it took U.S. personnel several weeks to account for all of the jets, the official said.

But now the count has been completed, and “all aircraft were present and accounted for,” the official said.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/04/did-india-shoot-down-a-pakistani-jet-u-s-count-says-no/

https://www.deccanherald.com/nation...g-down-claim-report-raises-finger-727120.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-16s-shot-down-in-indian-battle-idUSKCN1RH0IM

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-...ts-indias-claim-foreign-policy-report-2018244

https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/04/05/iaf-us-pakistani-f-16.html

https://www.businesstoday.in/curren...ts-over-indias-claim-report/story/334393.html

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-them-missing-report/articleshow/68733231.cms

https://thewire.in/security/india-pakistan-f-16-balakot

https://www.business-standard.com/a...-shooting-down-pak-s-f-16-119040500195_1.html

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/04/05/world/asia/05reuters-india-kashmir-pakistan-f16.html