The Kashmir conflict 2025.

[bsdnf]

That's 100% a M88, so Rafale. The only possibility preventing it from being also 100% certain to be a crash in this front is if it's an old picture from a previous crash (I'm assuming some have crashed before, right?)

No, there has been no crash of the Rafale. Jokes aside, IAF is still very concerned about the maintenance of the Rafale, It's expensive after all

 

[dingyibvs]

No, there has been no crash of the Rafale. Jokes aside, IAF is still very concerned about the maintenance of the Rafale

Oh wow, lol @ IAF then.

 

[hifisnow]

I think this is a good time and place to ask the question that has puzzled me for years - Why do all these Indian nationalists proudly use English, the language of their formal colonial masters, to post all their propaganda, even the inward facing ones? All the official documents, government symbols, signs....... aren't all of these very incompatible with their beliefs (BHARAT PERFECT CIVILIZATION all that)? And they do so so unapologetically...... Just Why???

 

[RottenPanzer]

What variant of Rafale does IAF uses btw? How does it differentiate to a more standard issue ones?

 

[sheogorath]

Pakistan said they will retaliate. What goes after that, who knows.

If the shotdowns turn out to be true, specially if carried out by chinese fighters, the loss of face by India should be enough that Pakistan doesn't need to escalate any further.

 

[Deino]

I must say the pattern of screws on the nozzle petals seem like it does correspond a bit more with M88 (first pic, Rafale), than M53 (second pic, Mirage 2000)

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I think esp. this one is clearly a M88

 

[sheogorath]

What variant of Rafale does IAF uses btw? How does it differentiate to a more standard issue ones?

As far as I can recall, all Rafales come with the RBE2 radar. They are limited by a comparatively small aperture due to the narrow nose, though

 

[Joliex10]

Need some verification. Is this a failed HQ-9 as Indian social media claimed it is?

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[sheogorath]

Need some verification. Is this a failed HQ-9 as Indian social media claimed it is?

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Doesn't look an HQ-9 at all

 

[NakaRT]

Translation:"It’s hard to say exactly how many Indian fighters Pakistan has actually shot down, but judging by some online comparison shots—looking at the missile fins, the lettering on the pylons, and even the screw details—we can be pretty sure that the Rafale really did “break its spear”"

As far as I know, LM3266 pylon is exclusive to the Rafale.