We prioritized the Rafales which still do have much better self protection capabilities than the rest of old machines - although the silent kill chain ensured minimum reaction time even for Rafales too.
Wonder what would be the outcome if this Rafale priority wasn't considered. I'd expect a bigger kill count for sure.
Even before the wreckages were found, we knew which aircarft were shot - that means our electronic threat libraries were up to date and accurate and we could distinguish between the aircrafts being targeted.
Now compare with the IAF - they can't even say for sure, even though for the sake of a lie, which aircrafts they shot. "High-tech aircrafts". "From 'F16 to JF17 class" "one large body aircraft".
Such were the statements from their leadership. And then, the Chief sahb goes on, "we still have some IFF issues" and "Es dafa na unkay jahaz idar aaye, na hamary udar gaye, to thora asaaan tha".
I mean dude seriously, are you saying, geographical spacing was the only reason you could distinguish your aircrafts from the enemy’s? How would you fight a battle in a contested airspace when aircrafts start crossing over the borders? And that too, after a fratricide incident in 2019 -- Unbelievable.
This sort of stuff coming from their top leadership should be totally unacceptable for the people of India and they should be grilling their air marshals for such serious incompetencies. But No - all is well.