So a month later some desperate Bakhtoras are still trying to save face
Did anyone even read the interview in its element . On one side the Dassault guy is claiming that India never communicated with France while also rejecting that 3 Rafales were shot down . So basically he's just repeating the Indian version. If Indians never communicated then how can he be certain, at best, he could have even come clean that if not 3 then 1 or 2 Rafales were shot down , another topsy-turvy like the Indian CGS or something.
Challenges –
Eric Trappier – The Indians haven't communicated, so we don't know exactly what happened. What we already know is that what the Pakistanis are saying [three Rafales destroyed, editor's note ] is inaccurate. On the other hand, when you operate combat aircraft, you are carrying out a mission. The success of the mission is not having zero losses, it's having achieved its objectives. During the Second World War, it wasn't said that the Allies had lost the war because they had lost troops... We'll see if there were losses or not, and if the war aims were achieved. When the truth comes out, some people may be surprised.