NEW DELHI – Days after Indian media platforms bragged about the new-foundconfidence of Indian security forces upon receiving the first of 36 Rafalefighter jets, the Pakistan government sought to clear the air with anindirect caution to its arch-rival.
The Pakistan Foreign OfficelinkonThursday indirectly cautioned India against pushing the region of SouthAsia into an arms race. Without naming India Pakistan FO SPOKESPERSON saidPakistan can defend itself against any aerial attack from across the bordershould it ever take place.
Urging the world community to step in to prevent an arms race in SouthAsia, the officer reminded the world and New Delhi of the “result” of theaerial dogfight of 27 February, in which an Indian jet was reportedly shotdown by Pakistan.
“The whole world was a witness to the 27 February episode,” Dr Faisal saidwhile responding to a query on India inducting its first of 36 Rafalefighter jetslinkintoits air force on 8 October.
The dogfight occurred between Indian and Pakistani fighter pilots over theNowshera Sector near the Line of Control (LoC), the boundary that separatesPakistan and India in the Kashmir region.
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It had occurred a day after the Indian Air Force (IAF)linkhadclaimed success in pulling off a pre-emptive missile strike on a trainingcamp, run allegedly by the globally banned Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit,in Pakistan’s Balakot region.
The Pakistan Army had then captured a 36-year-old IAF wing commander afterhis MiG-21 Bison was shot down during a dogfight with Pakistan Air Forcejets, Sputnik has reported.
