After the end of the India-Pakistan conflict, both sides released more detailed battle results than during the conflict itself. In the air battle on May 7th, the Pakistani military's battle report focused on the highlights of "6 to 0" and the J-10CE firing PL-15 missiles to shoot down three "Rafale" fighter jets. According to external analysis based on Pakistani media and civilian information, the other three Indian aircraft shot down included, "a fourth-generation Russian Su-30MKI fighter, a fifth-generation Russian MiG-29 fighter, and a sixth-generation Israeli-made 'Heron' drone."
On May 16th, Pakistani media reported that during an inspection of an airbase, the Pakistani Prime Minister revealed in his speech that the sixth aircraft shot down by the Pakistan Air Force was not a 'Heron' drone, but a French-made 'Mirage-2000' fighter jet. It was also revealed that the 'Mirage-2000' fighter jet was shot down by a JF-17 'Thunder' fighter jet from the Pakistan Air Force's 16th 'Panther' Squadron (using PL-15 air-to-air missiles). Additionally, the Pakistan Air Force's anti-aircraft defense units shot down 553 Indian drones.
In manned fighter aircraft confrontations, the Indian military cannot produce evidence of shooting down Pakistan fighter jets, so they can only create leading achievements in other fields, such as drone confrontations. On May 16th, the Indian military announced in their battle report that, "Since May 7th, the Indian Army's anti-aircraft defense forces, as part of the western strategic direction combat force, destroyed over 600 drones launched by the Pakistan Air Force during the 'Sinhu' operation." These small cruise missiles and short-range drones launched from the Punjab border area posed a serious threat to the Indian military.
Indian army officials revealed that when countering Pakistan's drones, they used experience from Russia and other countries in targeting small objectives, including identification of friend or foe and multi-channel shooting methods. The Indian anti-aircraft defense forces used ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft guns, OSA-AKM anti-aircraft systems, and Akash (Akash) anti-aircraft missile systems. They also integrated radio electronic warfare, photoelectric target tracking, and automatic fire control systems to ensure most drones were shot down within 30 seconds of being detected. During this process, the Russian-made S400 anti-aircraft missile system played a core command role.
The Russian-made S400 anti-aircraft missile system has the ability to be downward compatible with other anti-aircraft systems. Its radar and command vehicles can coordinate anti-aircraft artillery and short-range anti-aircraft systems (gun-missile combination), providing target identification capabilities and interception response speed. However, the "achievement" of shooting down 600 Pakistan drones remains questionable. If the Indian military admitted learning from Russian experience, they should know that the interception rate for small drones on the Ukrainian battlefield is very low. If intercepting 600 drones is true, then the ammunition of the Indian air defense forces on the Kashmir front line must have been exhausted.
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