American officials have said that Pakistan knocked down an Indian plane with combat planes that he acquired from China, CNN and Reuters reported on Thursday.
CNN He quoted a senior United States official, according to his evaluation, the Pakistani forces knocked down the plane during the air attacks of India inside Pakistan on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Pakistan said he had demolished five Air Force planes of India, including three raffles.
Indian officials have not yet confirmed the claim. When asked about the fallen airplanes, India’s Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, did not answer the question directly or emitted a denial. He simply said that official information on this topic will be shared at the right time, BBC news reported.
BBC Terms Video showing French manufacturing jet remains in ‘Authentic’ Bathinda
Previously, on Wednesday, a high -ranking French intelligence official had told CNN that Pakistan knocked down a Rafale combat plane operated by the Indian Air Force.
Meanwhile, Reuters He quoted two American officials saying that Pakistan had used the Chinese manufacturing J-10 plane to demolish at least two Indian planes on Wednesday.
An American official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was great confidence that Pakistan launched Air-Aire missiles against Indian combat airplanes using Chinese manufacturing planes.
Another official said that at least one Indian plane shot down by Pakistan was Rafale.
BBC He has also confirmed that a Rafale plane fell in the Indian territory.
BBC Verify He said he had authenticated three videos that supposedly showed the remains of a Rafale combat plane in a field in Bathinda.
One of the geo-lubricated clips BBC Verify A field near Bathinda in Punjab Indio showed troops collecting debris from the starry plane.
“We have also located two more clips from the same place filmed at night. One shows debris in the field, while another shows a projectile that caught fire in the sky and then shoots in an open field,” added the British station.
Justin Crump, a former British army officer, confirmed BBC Verify The visible remains in the video seemed to be of a French air-air missile used in both Mirage 2000 and Rafale Fighter Jets.
Posted in Dawn, May 9, 2025
