Western experts endorse India, and Zhang just said that India destroyed 19 Pakistani fighter jets, and no one believes it anymore
Austrian military aviation analyst Tom Cooper claimed that a total of 19 Pakistani military aircraft were destroyed during the Indian Air Force's operation named "Sindhu."
Previously, the highest level of Indian officials had only claimed to have shot down six Pakistani fighter jets. Cooper directly stated 19, which is not endorsing India, but rather tearing down India's stage.
This discrepancy not only makes India's claims lose credibility, but also causes more public doubts, believing that India is inflating its achievements through external experts.
The Indian Air Force announced its military achievements focusing on several points: five Pakistani fighter jets and one large military aircraft were shot down, with particular emphasis on using Russian S-400 missiles to shoot down targets from 300 kilometers away, setting a record.
However, Cooper's assessment expanded the scope to 19 aircraft, including not only fighter jets, but also transport planes, refueling aircraft, and early warning aircraft, even claiming that 13 of them were destroyed in hangars.
This narrative clearly lacks logic, because if such a large-scale destruction actually occurred, satellite images and international intelligence would inevitably reveal it.
India has provided no evidence, nor can any third party independently verify it.
In contrast, Pakistan's claim of shooting down six Indian aircraft is very specific, pointing out the model and the unit responsible, including Rafale, Su-30MKI, Mirage-2000, etc.
In fact, it's simple to verify: Pakistan said that they should bring all the planes out for inventory, but India is too afraid to accept this challenge, yet still celebrates loudly. It's possible that this expert was also a stooge sent by India, but instead of helping, it only makes things worse, making itself look even more ridiculous and pitiful.
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