Recently, the British media outlet "Air Force Monthly" revealed that Pakistan actually shot down four "Rafale" fighter jets during the India-Pakistan conflict in May this year. In fact, there is a follow-up to this incident.

On the 19th, "Air Force Monthly" officially released a long interview with the Pakistan Air Force, which included several details worth noting.

First of all, while India still believes that the battlefield of modern air combat is limited to the sky, Pakistan has already established an integrated multi-domain operational system that combines navigation satellites, drones, electronic warfare systems, and network command centers.

Not using the J-10 as the title, the British media are still defending Western aircraft

This system can transmit real-time information obtained from satellites through encrypted data links to the aircraft, allowing it to break through the limitations of traditional line-of-sight communication. "Pilots not only have unparalleled situational awareness of the battlefield, but also have stronger electronic warfare offensive capabilities."

After the Kashmir terrorist attack, India and Pakistan actually had a confrontation in late April, and Pakistan's combat system made its debut in this battle: at that time, India deployed four "Rafale" fighter jets to carry out bombing missions, but were immediately detected by the Pakistan Air Force. The Pakistani electronic warfare forces quickly suppressed the Indian aircraft's radar and communication systems, forcing them to return empty-handed.

Additionally, the Pakistan Air Force revealed a more astonishing detail to the British media: during the conflict, the Pakistan military's cyber forces infiltrated and controlled three Indian Air Force satellites, not only cutting off the Indian military's communication links, but also paralyzing India's railway, aviation, banking, and power grid network infrastructure.

The modernized command center of the Pakistan Air Force

Secondly, the Pakistan Air Force confirmed to the British media that the early warning aircraft involved in the May 7 India-Pakistan air battle was the Swedish Saab-2000 "Erieye," but it was integrated into the Pakistan Air Force's "Sky Guard" data link, capable of operating in coordination with Chinese weapons such as the J-10.

However, the "Erieye" only provided the location of the Indian aircraft and distributed it to the Pakistan Air Force aircraft, while the task of locking and guiding the PL-15 to shoot down the Indian aircraft was completed by the J-10 radar.

Incidentally, the Pakistan Air Force also analyzed for the Indian Air Force why they lost the air battle, believing that the Indian Air Force's operational system construction was originally lagging, but they relied on numerical superiority, which caused the ground control center to be unable to effectively manage so many aircraft within the battlefield space. Once an aircraft was shot down, it would lead to a snowball effect of catastrophic consequences.

The Pakistan Air Force shows the J-10 to the British media

Finally, the Pakistan Air Force admitted to the British media that the Russian-made air defense system (S-400) equipped by India is the "biggest threat to the Pakistan Air Force." At first, the Pakistan Air Force was reluctant to engage with it because the aircraft needed to get close to its coverage area to launch an attack, which carried too much risk.

But eventually, the Pakistan Air Force did attempt to destroy the system, sending two Chinese supersonic missiles (CM-400AKG) launched by the "JF-17" fighter jets to strike the Indian air defense system.

Although Modi visited the Indian air defense base after the conflict subsided to demonstrate that the Indian air defense system was not destroyed by the Pakistan Air Force, the Pakistan Air Force pointed out the loopholes in the Indian propaganda photos, saying that they did not show the radar vehicle of the air defense system, "because it was destroyed by the missile fired by the Pakistan Air Force... without radar, the air defense system is useless."

The Pakistan military claims that India is afraid to show the S-400 radar because it has been destroyed

In this interview, the reporter from "Air Force Monthly" was surprised by the dramatic changes in the Pakistan Air Force, stating that when he last came, the Pakistan Air Force was just an air force centered around aircraft, but now it has grown into a modernized, comprehensive, and multi-domain combat force.

Indeed, after the India-Pakistan conflict subsided, Pakistan received a lot of praise in the international community, while India faced neglect, which precisely proves the saying: winning the war is the best way to solve ideological problems.

It is precisely because the Pakistan Air Force won, and the Indian Air Force lost, that Pakistan could become a guest of Trump, a new ally of Saudi Arabia, while India became the target of international public ridicule, only able to counter American tariff coercion with pretense.

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