Indian aircraft Pakistan says they were dropped

Indian planes fell after the country Carted attacks against Pakistan This week, in what he said, the revenge was a terrorist attack in Kashmir, which was controlled by Indian, which killed dozens of people and boiled tensions between the two countries.

The exact number and a variety of lost aircraft were not yet clear.

Two or three Indian planes landed within the border of India, according to Indian officials, Western diplomats and local media reports. Pakistan, for its part, claims that it has shot down five aircraft At least one Done-aircraft: Three Rafale fighter planes, one Mig-29 combat aircraft, a SU-30 fighter plane, Heron plane.

The New York Times has not been able to independently verify these allegations.

John E Bike, Director Globalsecurity.orgAlexandria -based research group, Virginia, said that these five aircraft and drone had been shot down by surface missiles, air or air. “Pakistan has both,” he said.

Here is what to know about the Pakistani aircraft army says it was dropped.

Rafa

Rafal is a Twin A fighter plane can take off from a aircraft carrier or a land base, according to the French manufacturer, Dassault Aviation.

In April, the Indian government Fell A deal with France to buy 26 additional aircraft to the Indian Navy, to be delivered by 2030. According to Daso Avil, India had it previously I ordered 36 storms.

Pictures from the village of Wuyan in Kashmir, which is run by India, showed a wreckage that was identified as an outdoor fuel tank. The tank was likely to be from a French Mirage or Rafale Fighter from French manufacturer, but he could not confirm whether the fuel tank came from a plane that was hit by enemy fire.

MiG-29

Mig-29 Soviet designer is a dual-engine fighter plane developed to confront American fighters such as F-16. The Soviet Air Force began using the Mig-29s in the eighties, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many former Soviet republics continued to use the plane. It was also popular export. More than 30 countries used or managed, According to To the US Army Training Command.

The plane was originally intended for the enemy of the fighting, although some Mig-29s had been equipped to attack the ground targets.

MiG-29 is often competitors with F-16 in international arms sales, Mr. Pike said, adding that it was “a competition that she loses repeatedly.”

Su-30

the Su-30 It is a double engine fighter plane developed in the Soviet Union in the 1990s by Russia SUKHOI. It can be used to fight air to the air, or tasks that strike targets on the ground, according to the analysis of the US Army.

It is much larger than Mig-29, approximately 72 feet with two wings more than 48 feet. (MIG-29 is approximately 57 feet and is about 37 feet.)

Heron drone

Heron drone includes a family of unmanned air vehicles. The US government’s assessments are listed by India as it has At least one alternative.

Sean Pike The reports contributed.