NEW DELHI – Embarrassed and humiliated, Indian defence minister hits out atopposition for doubting IAF claims of shooting down PAF F16 after ForeignPolicy report.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday denied a US magazine’sclaims of India not having downed a Pakistani F-16 plane last month andcriticised opposition leaders for “doubting and raising questions on whatthe defence forces are saying.”
A US count of Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets has found that none of them aremissing, contradicting India’s claim that one of its war planes downed aPakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight on February 27,
Foreign Policy magazine reported that a US count of Pakistan’s F-16 fighterjets has found that none of them are missing, contradicting India’s claimthat one of its war planes downed a Pakistani F-16 during an aerialdogfight on February 27.
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The Indian Air Force however asserted that it had shot down an F-16aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force on during aerial combat. The Pentagonalso denied the report saying it ‘wasn’t aware of any investigation intothe matter’.
