The Indian airplanes fell after the country launched attacks against Pakistan this week, in what he said was reprisals for a terrorist attack in Kashmira controlled by the Indians who killed 26 people and fell into tensions between the two nations to boil.
The exact number and the variety of lost airplanes is not yet clear.
Two or three Indian planes fell within the border of India, according to Indian officials, Western diplomats and local media reports. Pakistan, meanwhile, states that he knocked down five planes and at least one drone: three Rafale combat planes, a MIG-29 combat plane, a Su-30 combat jet and a drone heron.
The New York Times could not independently verify these statements.
John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecury.org, a non -profit research group based in Alexandria, Virginia, said those five planes and drone could be demolished by air -air air missiles. “Pakistan has both,” he said.
This is what he should know about Pakistan’s army, he says he knocked down.
Rafale
The rafale is a double motor combat plane that can take off from an aircraft carrier or a HORE base, according to its French manufacturer, Dassault Aviation.
In April, the Indian government signed an agreement with France to buy additional 26 of the aircraft for the Navy of India, which will be delivered by 2030. According to Dassault Aviation, India had previously ordered 36 raffles.
The photos of the town of Wuyan in the Kashmiro administered by India, showed debris identified as an external fuel tank for a plane. Trevor Ball, an associated researcher in Armament Research Services, said the tank was probably a French manufacturing jet or rafale of manufacturing, but could not confirm whether the fuel tank came from a fire on the plane.
MIG-29
The MIG-29 designed by the Soviets is a double engine combat plane to counteract US fighters such as the F-16. The Soviet Air Force advanced using Mig-29 in the 1980s, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many former Soviet republics continued to use the plane. It also has a popular export; Around 30 nations have used or operated, according to the US Army Training Command.
Originally, the plane was intended for enemy dog ​​fighting planes, he thought that some MIG-29 have a leg equipped to join earth goals.
The MIG-29 is from a competitor with the F-16 in international weapons sales, said Pike, adding that it was a “competition that frequently loses.”
Su-30
The SU-30 is a double motor combat plane developed in the Soviet Union in the 1990s for the Aviation Sukhoi of Russia. It can be used for Aire-Aire combat, or missions that hit targets on the ground, according to an analysis of the US Army.
It is significantly larger than the MIG-29, with almost 72 feet long and with one wingspan or approximately 48 feet. (The MiG-29 is almost 57 feet and has an size of around 37 feet).
Heron drone
Heron Drones cover a family of unmanned aerial vehicles of Israelis. The United States government evaluations list that India has at least one variant.
Shawn Paik Contributed reports.
