While Pakistan has failed to provide any substantial proof including visuals of wreckage of the supposedly downed Indian fighter jets, NYT decided to take ‘expert’ opinion of John E Pike, the director of Global Security, who speculated that Pakistan those five aircraft and the drone could have been downed by surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. “Pakistan has both”.
Pakistani news channels have reported that the Jaish-e-Muhammad headquarters in Bahawalpur, run from a madarsa, has been completely destroyed, and the sky looks red due to flames.
The Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday gave its nod for the biggest ever deal to buy 156 Light Combat Helicopters worth over Rs 62,000 crore for the Indian Army and Air Force from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Patnaik flew in a Dakota aircraft and rescued Indonesian Vice President Mohammad Hatta and Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir on July 21, 1947. The Dutch threatened to shoot down his aircraft but Patnaik replied that if his aircraft was shot down, no Dutch aircraft would be able to fly across Indian skies.
The DMK government faces harsh criticism after Chennai air show tragedy claimed lives of five people and 50 were hospitalised due to mismanagement, sparking public outrage.