Defense Minister Confirms Total Number of Indian Fighter Jets Destroyed
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister has confirmed that five Indian fighter jets have been shot down amid heightened military tensions between the two countries.
Speaking to ARY News, the minister verified the air combat success but refrained from disclosing specific details regarding the types of aircraft involved.
The confirmation comes after a report by ARY News claimed that Pakistan gunned down 3 Indian jets, including three Rafales, one MiG-29, and one Su-30.
However, the Defense Minister corrected ARY News and claimed that five Indian jets were shot down.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
