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Modi indirectly admits superiority of Pakistan’s air force
By News Desk
Published: March 2, 2019
Narendra Modi at India Today Conclave 2019. SCREEN GRAB
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indirectly admitted the superiority of Pakistani military in the ongoing confrontation between the two countries triggered the February 14 suicide attack on Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir.
“Today, we badly felt the absence of Rafale fighter jets [in our air force fleet]. If we had Rafale, the scenario would have been different,” Modi said while speaking at the India Today Conclave 2019 in New Delhi on Saturday.
Modi said he would like to make it clear that in the past, the country ‘suffered’ due to vested interest over the Rafale jets.
The Modi administration has signed a multibillion-dollar deal French defence manufacturer Dassault Aviation to acquire 36 Rafale jets in an effort to overhaul the Indian Air Force. The opposition accuses Modi of wrongdoing in the deal.
Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian warplanes on Wednesday – a day after Indian aircraft violated Pakistan’s airspace and dropped their payload in a jungle of Balakot district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
New Delhi claimed its forces also shot down a Pakistan F-16 fighter jet but failed to substantiate its claim with credible evidence.
The Russian-made MiG jets form an important part of the IAF fleet. India started using the MiGs in 1963, but since 1970, 170 pilots and 40 civilians have been killed in accidents involving the aircraft series. Due to high rate of crashes, MiGs have come be called ‘flying coffins’.
Modi criticised the opposition for politicising the Rafale deal.
“We continue to suffer due to the politicisation of the Rafale deal. The vested interests and politicisation has caused great harm to the nation’s interest,” he said.
Attacking the opposition, Modi said they [Opposition] are welcome to criticise his government’s policies and find faults in its working. “But I request you not to oppose matters related to the nation’s security,” he said.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1921733/1-modi-indirectly-admits-superiority-pakistans-air-force/
By News Desk
Published: March 2, 2019
Narendra Modi at India Today Conclave 2019. SCREEN GRAB
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indirectly admitted the superiority of Pakistani military in the ongoing confrontation between the two countries triggered the February 14 suicide attack on Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir.
“Today, we badly felt the absence of Rafale fighter jets [in our air force fleet]. If we had Rafale, the scenario would have been different,” Modi said while speaking at the India Today Conclave 2019 in New Delhi on Saturday.
Modi said he would like to make it clear that in the past, the country ‘suffered’ due to vested interest over the Rafale jets.
The Modi administration has signed a multibillion-dollar deal French defence manufacturer Dassault Aviation to acquire 36 Rafale jets in an effort to overhaul the Indian Air Force. The opposition accuses Modi of wrongdoing in the deal.
Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian warplanes on Wednesday – a day after Indian aircraft violated Pakistan’s airspace and dropped their payload in a jungle of Balakot district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
New Delhi claimed its forces also shot down a Pakistan F-16 fighter jet but failed to substantiate its claim with credible evidence.
The Russian-made MiG jets form an important part of the IAF fleet. India started using the MiGs in 1963, but since 1970, 170 pilots and 40 civilians have been killed in accidents involving the aircraft series. Due to high rate of crashes, MiGs have come be called ‘flying coffins’.
Modi criticised the opposition for politicising the Rafale deal.
“We continue to suffer due to the politicisation of the Rafale deal. The vested interests and politicisation has caused great harm to the nation’s interest,” he said.
Attacking the opposition, Modi said they [Opposition] are welcome to criticise his government’s policies and find faults in its working. “But I request you not to oppose matters related to the nation’s security,” he said.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1921733/1-modi-indirectly-admits-superiority-pakistans-air-force/
