On May 8th, CNN reported: "A senior French intelligence official said that 'an Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jet was shot down by Pakistan,' which is the first loss of the aircraft in combat since its service in 2001."
Comment: CNN's report indirectly confirms the news that India's Rafale fighter jets were shot down by Pakistan. The Pakistani military claimed to have shot down multiple Indian aircraft in the air battle on May 7th, including three Rafale fighters. As more and more civilian messages and photos of debris from the scene leaked out from India, the fact that the Indian Air Force suffered losses in this conflict has gradually been confirmed.
In terms of weapon performance comparison, the KLJ-7A radar equipped on Pakistan's J-10CE has a detection range of 240 kilometers, which is 20% farther than the RBE2-AA active phased array radar equipped on the Rafale fighter jets; the PL-15E missiles equipped by the Pakistan side have a range of 145 kilometers, which is farther than the "Meteor" medium-range air-to-air missiles carried by the Rafale fighter jets.
This incident demonstrates the powerful performance of the J-10C and PL-15 missiles.
Pakistan-India Conflict Rekindled
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1831517438074883/
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