{"id":19176,"date":"2025-05-16T05:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19176"},"modified":"2025-05-16T05:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:32:19","slug":"us-defence-analyst-rejects-indian-claims-of-downing-pakistani-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19176","title":{"rendered":"US defence analyst rejects Indian claims of downing Pakistani aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Dr C Christine Fair made these remarks while appearing on Indian journalist Karan Thapar\u2019s show on Wire<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/akhbar\/2025-05-16\/1312074_4167582_Christine_akhbar.jpg\" alt=\"American security and defence analyst Dr C Christine Fair. \u2014christinefair.net\/File\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;American security and defence analyst Dr C Christine Fair. \u2014christinefair.net\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>American security and defence analyst Dr C Christine Fair has dismissed India\u2019s assertions that it shot down Pakistani aircraft, calling them \u201cnonsense\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fair, a political scientist specialising in security, counterterrorism and South Asia, has been an open critic of Pakistan, which some on social media argue makes her dismissal of India\u2019s claims particularly significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She made these remarks while appearing on Indian journalist Karan Thapar\u2019s show on The Wire, \u2018The Interview with Karan Thapar\u2019. Thapar had questioned Fair regarding Indian Air Force Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal Bharti\u2019s claim that the Indian Air Force had downed an undisclosed number of Pakistani jets. He also referenced \u201csatellite images suggesting extensive damage\u201d to Pakistani airbases in \u201cChaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha, Jacobabad and Bholari\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Dr Fair stated there was \u201cno evidence\u201d of massive destruction and categorically rejected claims that 20 per cent of Pakistan\u2019s air force had been destroyed by India &#8212; saying: \u201cthere is certainly no evidence&#8230;.I am astonished by the claim that 20 per cent of Pakistan\u2019s air force has been rendered unusable. I\u2019ve never heard that before. It\u2019s quite an astonishing claim and most certainly false\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Thapar asked directly, \u201cAir Marshal Bharti has claimed that India has shot down an unspecified number of Pakistani air force planes&#8230;how do you view this claim?\u201d Fair replied: \u201cBakwas\u201d, there\u2019s no evidence for it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/1312074-us-defence-analyst-rejects-indian-claims-of-downing-pakistani-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/1312074-us-defence-analyst-rejects-indian-claims-of-downing-pakistani-aircraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr C Christine Fair made these remarks while appearing on Indian journalist Karan Thapar\u2019s show on Wire American security and defence analyst Dr C Christine Fair has dismissed India\u2019s assertions that it shot down Pakistani aircraft, calling them \u201cnonsense\u201d. 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