That's official. France can't confirm a Rafale down.
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“As far as the conflict between India and Pakistan is concerned, I'd like to point out that we're in the fog of war and that there's a strong information war going on. In other words, what we know today is that we don't know what happened. There are a certain number of allegations that I won't go into because there's no confirmed information,” said Colonel Vernet, responding to a question about the Rafale's use in India.
“Indeed, the Rafale is of prime importance to us. We're interested in what's happened. So we're trying to be as close as possible to our Indian partner to better understand” the events, continued the EMA spokesman. The challenge, he continued, is to learn from the feedback [RETEX] from the use of the Rafale “in high-intensity combat”.
“Clearly, according to some reports, several hundred aircraft were engaged” during this confrontation, he observed. But, he concluded, “above all, we can note that there have been twenty years of Rafale use, and that if there were to be a loss, it would be the first in combat”.
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L'État-major des armées n'est pas en mesure de confirmer la perte au combat d'un Rafale indien - Zone Militaire
Après les frappes effectuées par l'Inde contre des positions tenues par des organisations terroristes au Pakistan , le 7 mai dernier, Islamabad a assuré
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“As far as the conflict between India and Pakistan is concerned, I'd like to point out that we're in the fog of war and that there's a strong information war going on. In other words, what we know today is that we don't know what happened. There are a certain number of allegations that I won't go into because there's no confirmed information,” said Colonel Vernet, responding to a question about the Rafale's use in India.
“Indeed, the Rafale is of prime importance to us. We're interested in what's happened. So we're trying to be as close as possible to our Indian partner to better understand” the events, continued the EMA spokesman. The challenge, he continued, is to learn from the feedback [RETEX] from the use of the Rafale “in high-intensity combat”.
“Clearly, according to some reports, several hundred aircraft were engaged” during this confrontation, he observed. But, he concluded, “above all, we can note that there have been twenty years of Rafale use, and that if there were to be a loss, it would be the first in combat”.
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