The US is not a source of truth. They have political motivation to support Pakistan right now, just like France have politician motivation to support India. Therefore, what the US or France or China claim is not evidence.
If we believe the US and consider their statement as evidence, do you also believe when they said that WMDs were found in Iraq and that there is no genocide in Palestine? We can’t pick and choose when to believe the US and when not to.
It’s not just the pictures. Even if we believe that Pakistan shot all jets inside J&K, there are so many other ways in which Pakistan could have provided evidence to support their claim.
Shooting a jet is not like shooting a duck. Pakistan could have shared details of the jets and missiles the took down the Rafales, the coordinates, the data from the radars, etc.
They could have done so much to prove that they really did what they claim but the fact that they have not provided anything makes it clear that they didn’t down them.
It was a face-saving exercise after India penetrating the Pakistani airspace and went deep into the country which Pakistan should have been able to stop.
This isnt a cricket match.
In a military operation, every detail is not to be shared to the public due to classified info and violations of law that takes place.
When US decided to kill Osama Bin Laden, they couldnt provide the actual evidence as during that night they violated many laws that would had made them liable.
Even when we shot down Abhinandan, we had to hide alot of info, as there were rumors that we might have used f16 which we were not allowed to use in this.
During the Operation Bunyan Marsoos, the issue is with the type of missiles that were used to take down 6 Indian jets that included 2-3 rafales. The problem in this case is, the jets we have and the missiles that are attached with them cannot really take down a Rafale due to the range, however to overcome this problem China helped us and India got out played.
China exported to Pakistan PL 15E missiles that could be attached with the JC-10. A PL 15E has only a range of 145km. China. Meanwhile, China also makes PL 15 missiles that are not export version as they have a range of up 300 km.
Now India went into a dog fight thinking Pakistan doesnt have the ranges, so they kept their Rafale apar. But than when their jets 200-300 km got hit, they were taken by surprise.
This is why Pakistan cant go around giving every detail info, or else this would strain our relations with China who also likes to act in secrecy.
Pakistan has left the everything on India, and India had two choices. If India had accepted the PL 15 version, that would had meant that their Rafales did go down, as Pakistan would not use a PL 15 on their other garbage crafts. But at the same time that would be an insult for India. So China and Pakistan discreetly won here, as India wanted to hide its own national embarrassment.
Same situation is that Shivangi Singh. She was marketed as the only Indian female Rafale pilot. Now no one knows where she is. Pakistan has again left this on India to decide. If she is in Pakistan captured, India would first have to accept this, and accepting this would again mean Pakistan did down a Rafale. If they dont accept she is in Pakistan, our country isnt even required to hand her back this time.
All India has to do is show us Shivangi Singh, thats it.
So, this is why India and Modi has been very edgy, where he was trying to mention operation tandoor in a cricket match and which is why he allowed his Indian team to play Pakistan in the Asia Cup
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