Dassault CEO Confirms India Misplaced One Rafale Jet However Not Throughout Operation Sindoor Fight; Rejects Pakistans Declare

In a significant revelation two months after the Operation Sindoor, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier has rejected Pakistan’s declare of capturing down Indian Rafale fighter planes. Talking to French web site Avion Chasse, Trappier additionally stated that whereas India misplaced one Rafale, the jet was not misplaced throughout fight however on account of technical causes. 

Notably, the Pakistan Air Power had claimed to have downed 5 Indian Air Power fighter jets on Might 7. The PAF claimed that it shot down three Rafales utilizing Chinese language PL-15E missiles launched utilizing the J-10C multi-role fight plane. Nonetheless, Pakistan has to date not furnished any proof for its claims.

Notably, Dassault Aviation manufactures Rafale plane. Trappier has termed Pakistan’s Rafale shootdown declare ‘inaccurate and unfounded’ whereas saying that the lack of one plane occurred with out enemy contact. Confirming the loss, Trappier stated it was on account of a technical failure at a excessive altitude.

India launched Operation Sindoor on Might 6-7 to avenge the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault. Whereas Pakistan had claimed of capturing down 5 Indian fighter jets, Indian authorities has additionally rejected the declare.

Sharing technical inputs, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier stated that the Spectra digital warfare programs onboard the Rafale jet didn’t document any hostile engagements and added that the flight logs acquired by Dassault additionally didn’t point out fight loss.

This comes amid the report that China ran a malicious marketing campaign submit Operation Sindppr to defame Rafale jets and promote its fighter plane utilized by Pakistan. In response to experiences, Pakistan, through its embassies, ran a disinformation marketing campaign to push Rafale’s reputation down and Pakistan performed a vital function in it by making deceptive claims. 

India launched Operation Sindoor on the intervening evening of Might 6-7 during which it focused 9 terror websites throughout Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Whereas India maintained that the character of the precision strikes was non-military in nature, Pakistan escalated it to a navy battle by attacking Indian civilian and navy websites. Following Pakistan’s assault, Indian Armed Forces launched an enormous counterstrike, destroying 11 airbases of Pakistan other than varied enemy navy websites.