ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Air Force challenges Indian Military over February 27strike Video Footage.
PAF had offered the independent third party verification of theauthenticity of the PAF strike Video Footage.
The Pakistani Air Force has released a media presentation on ‘OperationSwift Retort’, the military operation conducted on February 27, 2019 inretaliation to the Indian Air Force’s strikes on a militant camp inPakistan on February 26.
In its presentation, PAF released “actual footage” of one of the Pakistanibombs being dropped outside the Indian Army’s Narian Ammunition Depot.
PAF said it targeted the Narian base, but “dropped the bombs 400 m fromtarget” as a show of strength, to avoid escalating the situation anyfurther. The footage was one of four targets where the air force droppedsix bombs on February 27, it claimed.
“This is the actual clip of the bomb which is being directed towards thistarget,” a PAF spokesperson said, while footage appearing to be recordedfrom the missile’s onboard camera was showed approaching its target.
The PAF also displayed photos of the wreckage of the Indian MiG-21 Bisondowned during the February 27 skirmishes.
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PAF claimed all of its data was “available for independent verification.”[image: Loading video]
The Indian side has yet to comment on the presentation or the veracity ofits claims.Kashmir Tensions
On February 26, about two weeks after a suicide bomber believed to beaffiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group killed 40Indian security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Air Forcecarried out a surprise cross-border strike on an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammedtraining camp in Pakistan’s Balakot region.
A day later, on February 27, Indian and Pakistani forces engaged in anaerial dogfight over Kashmir, leading to the shootdown of at least oneIndian aircraft, with India claiming it also shot down a Pakistani F-16,while Pakistan claimed it had downed a Su-30MKI in addition to the MiG-21.
The back-to-back strikes and aerial skirmishes led to a major escalationalong the fragile Kashmir border, with both countries engaging in back andforth artillery and small-arms fire, and threatening one another with moreserious repercussions, including the use of nuclear weaponslink,in the event of war.
