‘Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif, Asim Munir Know They’ve Been Defeated, Truth Will Prevail’ News24 –
Tom Cooper, Military aviation analyst, and historian, on Thursday, said Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir know that they have been defeated and they know that rumours will not be sustained.
Cooper’s remarks came in response when he was asked about Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif and Army chief Asim Munir touring a military base to address the military personnel by climbing over a tank.
Cooper said, “They, Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, are the first to know the situation. They both know they have been defeated. They both know that rumours will not be sustained and the truth will soon reach the people.”
#WATCH | Vienna, Austria | “…They, Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, are the first to know the situation. They both know they have been defeated. They both know that rumours will not be sustained and the truth will soon reach the people,” says Tom Cooper, Military aviation analyst… pic.twitter.com/RyliLNUrwi
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Tom Cooper further said, “This messaging is classic for Pakistan. Essentially, we have a situation of the country and its population, which has been indoctrinated to believe in Pakistani military superiority vis-à-vis India… They climb on top of the tank, as they must rebuild the morale and self-confidence of the nation.”
The night the IAF destroyed Pakistan’s air defence
Following the commencement of Operation Sindoor, India’s kinetic action against terror assets finding safe shelter in Pakistan, swarms of drone and missile attacks were launched on the Indian civilian population and military bases.
India’s most daring and tactically ambitious counter-offensives
Subsequently, Round 2 of India’s major counter-offensive would go down in the annals of South Asian military history as one of the most daring and tactically ambitious counter-offensives ever witnessed between the two nuclear-powered arch rivals.
News Agency ANI has pieced together the sequence of events by talking to multiple sources involved in the operation. Due to the sensitivities involved in an ongoing operation, their identities have been kept anonymous for this report.
IAF struck 11 out of 12 Pakistani Air Bases
On the intervening night of May 9th and 10th, the Indian Air Force with active support of other forces struck 11 out of 12 Pakistani Air Bases spanning the length and breadth of the country and in the process also, crippled their Chinese supported Air Defence systems.
Destruction of the Pakistani air fields were caused by the BrahMos
The missiles that led to the most destruction of the Pakistani air fields were caused by the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, along with the Scalp missiles fitted on the Rafale fighter jets. India had unleashed its most potent tactical weapons on an adversary that was completely blindsided by the dramatic and unanticipated escalation.
15 BrahMos missiles were fired by IAF
Around 15 BrahMos missiles were fired by the Indian Air Force to target the Pakistan Air Force base with an aim of disrupting their ability to launch aircraft and other operations, sources in the Defence establishment told ANI.