An Indian defense officer has admitted that the country’s Air Force “lost some aircraft” the night of May 7 when they launched an unprovoked attack on civilian places in Pakistan during the recent 86-hour war between the two nuclear power.
Captain Shiv Kumar, an Indian defense, gave the statement, while talking at a seminar, ‘Analysis of Pakistan – India Air Battle and Indonesia’s anticipatory strategies from the perspective of air power’ organized by Universitas Deathtara Marsekal Suryadarma in Indonesia, reported Indian media.
Kumar accused the losses suffered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) of the restrictions imposed by the political leadership of New Delhi. He claimed that the Indian aircraft were under orders not to attack Pakistani military assets to avoid an escalation.
Earlier, head of defense staff, Anil Chauhan Tabs fighters, confirmed during May -Collect with Pakistan, marking the first official’s recognition of air loss in the ongoing conflict. He revealed the information in an interview with Bloomberg Television under the sidelines of the Shangri-La dialog in Singapore.
However, he refused Pakistan’s numbers of six Indian jets that were shot down and chose not to specify the exact number of lost aircraft. “What is important is not that the jet is down, but why they were down,” Chauhan said. “Numbers are not important.”
On May 30, Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) admittedly admitted to Subramanian Swamy that Pakistan abandoned five Indian fighter jets, including Rafale aircraft. However, the military circles in India are always close to the number of losses of fighter jets of PAF.
