Baibers_1260
Trusted Member
Disagree : Though not as quickly as Western countries, Russia DOES (and always) acknowledge losses to its air assets even as combat is underway. The USA did acknowledge the downing of the U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union and by the way the U2 was operated by the CIA and was not technically a military aircraft and the USA and the Soviet Union were not engaged in combat.This is not always true. Russia does not provide any information of losses during combat for instance. During entire Russia Ukraine conflict, very little came information out of Russia.
Example below:
Russia admits prized A-50 radar plane downed by Kyiv, decries "terrorism"
Ukraine said earlier this year it had taken out two high-value A-50 surveillance planes in little over a month.
Then why should AVM Bharti claim these kills. Also, the Indian Air Force, the third largest Air Force in the world is not sure if it shot down any aircraft or not ? Yet, the IAF AVM makes a claim the IAF shot down "few hi tech" Pakistani aircraft.Because very likely those kills either never happened or IAF was not sure it happened.
So is Pakistan a standard for India as the third most powerful military power to follow ? Shouldn't India set its own standards for credibility ? Especially since Pakistan's claims are all fake anyway.If Pakistan can rely on international media to tell its story, why India should not rely on the same media?



