On-camera confession: Pakistan’s ex-air marshal admits AWACS damaged in Operation Sindoor

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s retired Air Marshal Masood Akhtar publically admitted connected camera that the country's captious Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) craft sustaine harm during India’s caller precision strikes nether Operation Sindoor.“They [Indian forces] fired 4 back-to-back BrahMos missiles—surface-to-surface oregon air-to-surface, I’m not sure,” Akhtar said successful a TV interrogation that aboriginal went viral connected societal media. “Our pilots rushed to unafraid the aircraft, but the missiles kept coming. Unfortunately, the 4th 1 deed the hangar astatine Bholari airbase, wherever 1 of our AWACS was standing. It was damaged.”

The video, posted by conflict-tracking level Frontal Force connected X, comes aft Indian Air Marshal AK Bharti confirmed that 11 Pakistani aerial bases were deed successful nether 3 hours.

"A determination was taken to onslaught wherever it would hurt," helium explained, describing however Indian subject executed a precise, synchronised and measured onslaught connected important Pakistani defence installations, adding, "Aggression volition not beryllium tolerated.

"India launched the strikes connected the nighttime of May 9–10 successful retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack. Operation Sindoor saw Indian forces transportation retired precision strikes connected subject installations heavy wrong Pakistani territory, including astatine Chaklala, Rafiq, and Rahim Yar Khan, subsequently attacking Sargodha, Bhulari, and Jacobabad. , targeting radar sites, bid centres, and ammunition depots.While Pakistan’s subject has sought to downplay the grade of the damage, Akhtar’s candid on-camera connection present stands successful stark contra...