After the French military admitted that the Indian Air Force suffered losses with the Rafale fighter jets, President of the United States Donald Trump said twice that after the Indian Air Force lost five fighter jets to the Pakistan Air Force's J-10CE fighter jets, on local time July 29, 2025, the Indian Parliament was in a big uproar about how many fighter jets the Indian Air Force had actually lost, and how many of those were Rafale fighters made in France. The Indian opposition parties were pressing Prime Minister Modi for answers, and opposition party member Rahul Gandhi asked the Prime Minister: "If you had listened to me, you wouldn't have lost those five aircraft."

ANI media screenshot on July 29

Rahul believes that the Indian Air Force lost five fighter jets in the failed Sindhu military operation. "Indian opposition party member Rahul Gandhi stated: He (Modi) told the Pakistanis that we (India) would not attack any of your military infrastructure. What I mean is mobility freedom, the freedom of the Indian Air Force. The Indian defense attaché at the Indonesian embassy, Captain Kamal said: I may not agree with the view that India has lost so many planes, but the Indian Air Force has indeed lost some planes. This happened only because the Indian political leadership restricted attacks on Pakistani military installations and their air defense systems. Now that the Indian Air Force fighters entered Pakistan, they should have attacked Pakistan, but you (Modi) told the pilots of the Indian Air Force not to attack Pakistan's air defense systems."

If the Indian authorities do not admit that there are losses of Rafale fighter jets, it's not hard to show 36 of them all at once?

Indian Sikh MPs demanded that Prime Minister Modi and the Defense Minister display all 36 Rafale fighter jets to prove that the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets were not shot down. Congress Party MP questioned Prime Minister Modi: "The Indian Air Force lost three Rafale fighter jets, one Su-30MKI, and one Mig-29UPG fighter jet, all shot down within Indian airspace. How many fighter jets did India lose? Who is responsible for the loss of the Indian Air Force?" Prime Minister Modi must answer. Faced with continuous questioning from the opposition members, Modi was a bit confused. Modi didn't know how to respond, and instead gave irrelevant answers, refusing to comment on the number of Indian Air Force fighter jet losses. Finally, it was the Defense Minister Rajnath Singh who came to the rescue, insisting that "the results are the most important".

Pakistani netizens' artwork of the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets being shot down

Indian MP Zia-ul-Rehman Balk said: "We raised certain questions and hoped that not only the Indian House of Representatives but the whole country would get these answers, but this did not happen. We discussed the 'Sindur Operation', but we did not get answers from Prime Minister Modi." Originally, the Indian Air Force only bought 36 Rafale fighter jets. That's why they were so scared. Losing nearly 10% of them is really something. Indeed, if it's a horse or a mule, let's see. Since the Indian authorities do not admit that there are losses of Rafale fighter jets, they should quickly display all 36 Rafale fighter jets for the world to see. The world knows that the French Rafale fighter jets "avoided" the Pakistan Air Force's J-10CE fighter jets and fired the PL-15 air-to-air missiles. The world already knows that the Indian Air Force was defeated, and the Indian authorities still pretend to be tough.

J-10CE Fighter Jet and PL-15E Air-to-Air Missile Make a Name

The current argumentation by the Indian authorities is that first, India did not destroy Pakistan's air defense facilities, did not strike airports, power, or civilian facilities. Second, the Indian Rafale fighter jets were not intending to conflict with the enemy, and were unprepared for direct confrontation. If you take off and play around, this is war. It's like a boxer getting knocked out in the ring, then saying he wasn't prepared to fight, and claiming he was wronged? Whether it's the Pakistani military or Western countries, they don't acknowledge the lack of professionalism of the Indian Air Force pilots and commanders. Most opinions believe that the Indian Air Force pilots and the Indian Air Force underestimated the range of the PL-15 air-to-air missile and the combat capability of the Pakistan Air Force's J-10CE fighter jets, leading to a miscalculation in the entire military operation. Indian Air Force pilots flew the Rafale fighter jets into the strike range of the Pakistan Air Force's J-10CE fighter jets. Even if the French Air Force pilots were flying the Rafale fighter jets, they would have been shot down as well.

Remnants of the PL-15E air-to-air missile found by the Indian military

This is the overwhelming superiority of weapon performance. You can't deny it. In modern warfare, when data is open, it's a competition of intelligence agencies and tactics. When there is a gap in equipment, it's clearly an intelligence problem. The Indian military miscalculated the strike range of the Pakistan Air Force, otherwise how could the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets have flown into the strike range of the J-10CE + PL-15 missile? The Indian Air Force was fully prepared for the attack, almost flying low, yet they were beaten. The Rafale fighter jets sold by France to India are just a subpar version. The Indian Air Force's early warning aircraft are built by Israel, and they cannot communicate confidential information with the Rafale fighter jets. They directly use common radio communication, which allows the Pakistani military to eavesdrop, significantly reducing the combat effectiveness of the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets.

Evidence of the crash of the Indian Rafale fighter jet, ironclad evidence

The parameters of the J-10 and Rafale fighter jets are not very different, but the addition of the PL-15 missile and the active phased array radar is equivalent to having the same bow and arrow, but the J-10 has a compound bow with an eight-fold magnifier. The HQ-9B locks on, the J-10C fires the PL-15E, the ZDK-003 early warning plane guides, and the terminal PL-15E automatically searches, with data link sharing of the modern air combat system's perfect integration. That is: A locks B shoots C guides D searches! The 5.7 air battle fully proves that the military group based on Chinese equipment has already formed a one-sided crushing over countries mainly using Western military equipment. From now on, don't say that Western weapons are advanced anymore.

Now the situation is that the whole world knows that the Rafale was shot down, but the Indian authorities do not admit it.

The combat capability of the French Rafale fighter jets is not good, it's not good. The avionics, missiles, and radar are not up to par. Facing the J-10CE fighter jets, there is a generation gap. The India-Pakistan air battle is like shooting arrows against a sniper rifle. Unless the Pakistan Air Force doesn't understand their own equipment, the Indian Air Force has no chance of winning. It's just that the way of warfare has changed, and India is still thinking of dogfights. Here, data link sharing, beyond visual range combat, the enemy hasn't even reacted, which is a technological generation gap. The Pakistan military just needs to beat the Indian military. It doesn't matter what kind of planes they are. The Indian military has various old aircraft from the last century, all of which are being shot down. Each downed plane reduces the number of planes available.

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