Also, I think the rafale is a 40 year old design and has been in production since '91, the j-10 is from 10 year later.
I'm not sure this really tells us much about the current state of things.
Yeah, CNN reported that according to senior Pakistani security source "125 fighter jets battled for over an hour":
>The “dog fight” between Pakistani and Indian fighter jets, which Pakistani officials say downed five Indian planes, was one of the “largest and longest in recent aviation history,” a senior Pakistani security source told CNN.
>A total of 125 fighter jets battled for over an hour, with neither side leaving its own airspace, according to the source who detailed that the missile exchanges were happening at distances sometimes greater than 160 kilometers (100 miles).
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/india-pakistan-attac...
There are absolutely some stressed conversations happening in France about SPECTRA, because the rest of the IAF uses a hybrid Indian-Israeli datalink but not in the Rafale yet.
Also they found an unexploded PL-15 near my ancestral village. There were a decent number of those found all across the JK, HP, PB region.
It isn't.
The only thing covered is claims by a state known for its pathological lying and its all-weather ally. So, more of a press release than journalism.
Hardly a surprise.
chvid•8mo ago
alephnerd•8mo ago
Tbf, a lot of the Israeli systems used in Israel are manufactured and R&Ded in India and used in both IL and IN.