On May 7, 2025, Indian aviation raided respective muslim militant positions in Pakistan (the Punjab and Kashmir provinces), thereby executing Operation Sindoor.
To attack ground targets, the Indians utilized multiple combat aircraft of French production Dassault Rafale equipped with long-range winged missiles. most likely covered by Indian MiG-29 fighters, Su-30MKI and possibly Mirage 2000.
Resistance was given by Pakistani fighters, most likely only Chinese production of Chengdu J-10, armed, among others, in Chinese air-to-air missiles PL-15E with a scope of about 145 km.
This event is simply a precedent in the past of armed conflicts, as for the first time in the past of Chinese production fighters have prevailed (and most likely without own losses) in an air combat fought against modern Western weapons of the latest generation. Rafale is the most modern French combat aircraft and 1 of the most modern in the Western world.
The above note is the announcement of a longer article on this subject, which we will print shortly – Drafting
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