I like how everyone’s just ignoring this bit - second time the whole forum is falling for AI generated crap. The video is manipulated, he did not admit anything.
So far we have no real proof or indication of an S400 system being damaged or destroyed, not even an official claim by the PAF that they hit one (only that they “found” and “targeted” it) so I’m not sure why everyone’s so eager to just make up that the PAF destroyed not one but two systems. The PAF very clearly and often used the word “destroyed” for any target they were sure they had hit, for the S400, they glossed over the slides, showed no real proof and just mentioned with minced words that the system had been targeted, even went so far as to say “attacking them is the easy part, finding them is the hard part” - this is exactly the kind of line if said by an Indian general would be considered “cope”. The excuse of “they’re hiding it for XYZ reason” is also just a cope, if they had proof of hitting one they’d plaster it absolutely everywhere and make sure everyone knew, again, this is the kind of thing Indians get flamed for on the daily (rightfully so) with their bogus and fanciful claims.
Even if the PAF claims it, don’t take everything at face value, not to say the PAF is lying, but there’s obviously enough ambiguity for them to claim the kill and go with the story as it helps massively with narrative building, but we have to focus on reality because that’s what will matter in the next conflict, and the reality suggests that there is very little proof of an S400 being hit or destroyed at the moment, it’s not impossible, just unlikely.
If the Indians claimed anything of that sort with this level of proof all of you would laugh them off the forum, don’t fall to that level.
This is not meant to take away from what the PAF accomplished at all, they dominated the IAF in every way possible and they did enough which is fully proven for us to discuss and be proud of, do not fall into the trap of confirmation biases and this place being half an echo chamber - hold your own side accountable too so you’re ready for the next conflict where rest assured India will have more S400s than this time regardless of wether any were hit or not.