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