Professor Cheng Xizhong, from the Charhar Institute of China, discredited the head of Indian Air, the Marshal of Indian Air, Amar Preet Singh, affirms that the Indian Air Force (IAF) had demolished five Pakistani planes and a large plane during the Sindor operation, qualifying the statement as without foundation and not respected by credible evidence.
Professor Cheng described the statement as unfounded and widely questioned by the international community, said PTV World. Emphasizing the need for verifiable test, he said that India has not been able to provide photographs of remains, radar data or any corroboration material.
In contrast, Pakistan had issued comprehensive technical reports after commitment. He described the “comic, unlikely and little convincing” Singh comments, calling them an “self-love” exercise.
Three months since the hostilities ended, India has not yet corroborated its claims, while the evidence of Pakistan remains publicly registered and available. Professor Cheng also cited corroborations of global leaders, superior Indian politicians and foreign intelligence agencies who claim that India had suffered significant aerial losses.
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He insisted that Pakistani combat planes were not demolished; Rather, Pakistan’s forces had effectively deployed aerial defenses, demolishing six Indian and neutralizing aircraft combat aircraft S-400, factors described as indisputable.
The comments followed the declaration of the air head of the Mariscal of Air Singh on Saturday at an event in Bangalore, where he said that India had demolished “at least five combatants” and a larger plane, possibly a surveillance plane, using the S-400 air surface missile system. He cited electronic follow -up data such as confirmation.
“We have at least five confirmed combatants killed, and a large plane,” said Singh, and added that the largest plane was shot down at a distance of approximately 300 km (186 miles). He did not specify the types of folly combat aircraft, but declared that Indian air attacks also attacked another surveillance plane and “some F-16s” parked in hangars in two air bases in Pakistan.
In contrast to the statement of Singh, the Pakistan Air Force knocked down six Indian aircraft during the May conflict, including three Rafale aircraft, in response to Indian missile attacks. A day later, a senior French intelligence official confirmed to CNN that Pakistan had knocked down an Indian Air Force Rafale, possibly marking the first known combat loss of the French manufacturing plane.
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In response, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif discarded Singh’s comments as “unlikely” and “evil”, accusing Indian military leadership of participating in a politically motivated narrative construction. He pointed out that, although Pakistan had immediately shared detailed technical reports with international media, India had waited three months before issuing his claim.
“The late statements made by the head of the Indian Air Force regarding the alleged destruction of the Pakistani aircraft during the Sondoor operation are as unlikely as they do not have much time,” he said in a statement.
In addition, he criticized Indian military leaders for being used as “the faces of monumental failure caused by the strategic myopia of Indian politicians.” Asif invited India to solve the matter through transparency, which suggests an independent audit of aircraft inventories of both countries.
“If the truth is in question, let both parties open the inventories of their airplanes to an independent verification, although we suspect that such transparency only exposes the reality that India seeks to obscure,” he added.
