FalconZero
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-those independant report about Balakot are rubbish or selectively quoted by pimpsIndian Air force gave a press conference not evidence, which Pakistan was easily able to counter by inviting international journalist to asses the damages and showing satellite images which mostly shows vegetation damages.
Numerous independent reports suggest IAF failed to hit its intended target,
Climbing the Escalation Ladder: India and the Balakot Crisis - War on the Rocks
Editor’s Note: This is an essay from "Policy Roundtable: The Future of South Asia" from from our sister publication, the Texas National Securitywarontherocks.com
An airstrike and its aftermath
A look at how India’s airstrike unfolded inside Pakistan.graphics.reuters.com
Indian Air-force also said we couldn't give Pakistan a proper response because of tech asymmetry. which considering the budget difference between IAF and PAF is just sad.
"We felt we could not punish the adversaries appropriately. So we need to bolster technological asymmetry so that the enemy does not even dare to come close to the border,"
IAF: We could have inflicted heavy damage on Pakistan during aerial raid if we had 'tech asymmetry': IAF
The IAF said Pakistan Air Force has been consistently enhancing its air defence and offensive capabilities since the Kargil war in 1999 and there was a need for India to bolster its "technological asymmetry."economictimes.indiatimes.com
IAF chief also admits big mistake, says our own missile hit chopper.
Budgam Mi-17 crash: IAF chief admits big mistake, says our own missile hit chopper
The Budgam air crash on February 27 that left 6 IAF personnel, was a big mistake on part of the air force, admitted IAF chief RKS Bhadauria.www.indiatoday.in
If balakot was such a success then why is the IAF making such statements ?
Pakistan was able to successfully spin the narrative to its advantage, because IAF was not able provide credible evidence and instead admitted IAF has tech asymmetry and that IAF's own missile hit its Mi-17 killing 6 IAF personnel.
From a Infromation warfare and propaganda point of view balakot air strike was a big failure.
-IAF said it will enhance its capability wrt to Rafale and other tech not about Balakot
-Third point about heli is just a public release by IAF, like what a respected and transparent force would do, it was a mishap which shouldn't have happened and IAF has already taken note of that.
None of the points say anything about Balakot but countless reports by DFI twitter handle about that building and behaviour of pakis was enough to give the idea of damage.
Pakis still shivering and giving out statements that IAF will attack again, it's not some baseless suspicion and terror on their side, it's a result of those strikes by IAF during balakot.
Also, how did out of the blue this old and dusted point is being resurfaced?