Islamabad’s forces destroy Indian aircraft produced in Russia and France. The protagonists Chinese radars and missiles. It was confirmed, in Europe there would be to worry.
On Wednesday, three Indian fighters crashed into the Jammu and Kashmir regions, a few hours after India had led air attacks on what described as a terrorist infrastructure across the border in Pakistan. Local government sources mentioned by the Reuters agency reported it, even if on the Pakistani defense website we read that the Indian aircraft would have been shot down in the number of five during the course of air clashes and defense operations from the ground.
To end up demolished by planes sold by the USA and from China to Pakistan would be the Russian construction Sukhoi but also the French Rafale or Mirage 2000-5although no official confirmation has identified the models. So if it was, for the pride and the military sales of Paris would be a bad blow, for Europe a alarm bell impossible to ignore. In addition to this there is the concern of the fact that both nations involved in this new (old) war are equipped with nuclear devices. The news of the demolition was then published by the CNN, which would specify that it was three Dassault Rafale, a MIG-29 and an Su-30. It is essential to consider that the performance of the Airoplane count, but also the training, skills and training of the pilots, a true point on which we have – most likely – played this clash. On which, however, India has not yet released official statements nor has he said if at least one of the drivers has saved himself by operating the ejectable seat, albeit perhaps ending up in hostile territory.
Meanwhile, the Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant is located in the Arabic Sea, from where it can launch counter -offensive, While other structures of the Indian Air Force (IAF) had been risked for days near the border with Pakistan and are Rafale, Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft. When we write, it is still not to be excluded that the fallen aircraft are in number other than what has been declared or have been victims of failures or other factors. It is therefore worth understanding the potential air war dynamics by examining the abilities of the aircraft involved. The Indian aviation, for volumes in fourth place in the world according to the Global Firepower Index 2025, takes over 2,200 aircraft, including 513 hunting, which gives it a numerical advantage over 1,399 aircraft and 328 hunting of Pakistan. The Dassault Rafale and Mirage 2000, two French -made multi -riding hunting, are designed for air superiority and precision attacks. Of the two, the Rafale is a fourth generation Jet introduced in 2020 and is equipped with an advanced radar and the Spectra electronic war system that provides a solid defense against radar -led threats. It is armed with air-air meteor missiles (210 km of range) and missiles for the very short ray engagements, but can also launch the chise cruise missiles for long-haulian attacks. India has 36 rafale, with a recent 7.5 billion dollars agreement signed on April 28 for 26 variants of the Marine Rafale for its navy. The characteristics of low radar observability and electronic countermeasures make them effective. Mirage 2000 of the most dated Mirage 2000 are about 50 modernized units to the “-5” version-the same date to Ukraine-with updated avionics, new radar and set for electronic countermeasures. It can launch Mica missiles and precision driving ammunition such as the Spice Bomb of Israeli production, but its configuration does not allow the advanced stealth and electronic functionality of the Rafale.
Pakistani aerial defenses are based on different systems, including the Chinese HQ-9, a long-range earth-air missile system comparable to the Russian S-300 that can engage in high-altitude multiple targets, but has difficulties against aircraft that fly at low altitude or equipped with advanced disturbance systems, such as branch. Then there are short-range systems such as (irony of fate) the Crotal French (therefore French technology actions against French planes are possible) and the Swedish Rbs-70, the Chinese HQ-16 and the Turks Hisar. The Pakistani military aeronautics has the Chinese J-10C hunting, acquired in 2022 to counter the rafale, equipped with modern radar and air-air missiles PL-15 with a session of 225 km and with the PL-10 short-range missiles. And it is here that a huge industrial match is played, since it was confirmed that Chinese systems have passed the French ones, not only in Paris but in all of Europe there would be to worry.
In addition, Pakistan has the JF-17 Thunder, a lighter multirole jet developed in collaboration with China transporting SD-10 missiles And it is designed for economically advantageous operations, but is not equipped with advanced J-10C sensors. Finally, with the Pakistani air force, the F-16 Blocks 52 fly supplied by the United States and equipped with AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles, efficient but with performances lower than those of Rafale in the long-range clashes due to the now overcome radar technology. As for the nuclear capabilities of both countries, India seems to have 160 newspapers while the Pakistan 170, at least according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri).
