The Pakistani military spokesperson is currently holding a press conference.
He's saying that the official claim remains the same on their side for kills:
3x Rafale
1x Su-30MKI
1x MiG-29UPG
1x UCAV
They also claim they have audio clips of the Rafale pilot panicking in the cockpit – his call sign was Godzilla
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Key details from yesterday's Pakistani military briefing on the air combat timeline:
00:10 HRS – PAF detected IAF fighter jets mobilizing near the LoC across northern and central sectors.
00:12 HRS – Within 2 minutes, PAF initiated pre-planned contingency measures.
00:23 HRS – Pakistani jets executing
Defensive Counter-Air (DCA) missions were scrambled.
00:30 HRS – IAF completed offensive formation across 4 axes near LoC. Initial force:
60 jets (incl. 14 Rafales), later reinforced to
72 aircraft.
00:37 HRS – PAF
DCA fighters engaged IAF incursions. Pakistan deployed
42 advanced jets to defend airspace, with civilian flights evacuated from projected engagement zones.
Rules of Engagement Shift: After IAF launched air-to-ground weapons, PAF Chief ordered escalation from
deterrence to
lethal engagement.
"Since India boasted endlessly about Rafale's superiority, we prioritized targeting them—hence their disproportionate losses," the briefing stated.
Unprecedented Scale: The
hour-long dogfight involved mass
Beyond-Visual-Range (BVR) exchanges with unprecedented missile volleys.
PAF disclosed 6 confirmed IAF kills (Fig.2):
- Mig-29: 38km at 243° from Srinagar (~15km to LoC)
- Su-30MKI: 35km at 192° from Srinagar (~46km to LoC)
- Rafale: 77km at 144° from Srinagar (100km to LoC)
- Drone: 30km at 342° from Jammu (~35km to LoC)
- Rafale: 24km at 114° from Jammu (~13km to LoC)
- Rafale: 46km at 288° from Bhatinda (~42.6km to border)
Intercepted Rafale squadron comms (audio played):
Lead:
"Godzilla 4, read you loud. Where’s Godzilla 3?"
Godzilla 4:
"Godzilla 4 nominal. Checking Godzilla 3’s status—"
Godzilla 4 (later): *"GODZILLA 4 REPORTING... (Rafale) JUST EXPLODED MID-AIR! REPEAT, EXPLODED!"*
. IMO the government on both sides should send out PSAs on the danger of drone/aircraft wrecks
