Thread by @India_Policy

Some Journalists, Activists on Pak's rolls are creating a negative mood in India today by the false perception of:
-Pakistan having won the day, or having undone India's unprecedented actions of yesterday
-hailing Imran as the statesman

Let me tell you the truth:

First, while India did suffer setback today, which are bound to happen in a war, in no way it can be called a victory for Pak. In fact we should be proud of how vintage MIGs gave their account to the state of art F-16s. Here is what happened today:

Pak's claim: PAF Jets, without crossing LoC fired at non-military, non-civilian targets(empty ground?) across LoC, only to make self serving point that they too can fire. They did not claim a hit.

While use of air power is unprecedented, exchange of fire at LoC is a daily affair

India's claim: Pak Jets attempted to target military installations but were foiled, as India scrambled its Jets.

India Jets not only foiled Pak Jets, chased them away engaged in dog fight over Pak's airspace and downed one F-16.

You tell me who lost the day?

Unfortunately, despite giving good account of themselves, and foiling the mission of Pak, in the ensuing dogfight with much superior F-16s, the MIG was shot down over Pak airspace. But he went down fighting.

We are proud of Wg Cdr Abhinandan

In contrast with Pak's Jets firing from within their airspace and having been foiled, Indian Jet yesterday went deep into Pak's airspace(meaning they defied all of their air defence systems) completed the objectives and returned unchallenged, unscathed.

No comparison at all

But more importantly, what India achieved yesterday was not just some terror camps bombed. What India achieved yesterday was take away the cover of Nuclear umbrella from Pakistan, under which it has been bleeding India for last 20 years. Let me explain

From Parliament attack to 26/11 to the monthly bomb blasts in Indian cities from Delhi to Varanasi, India could never penalize (although it did scared the shit out of them during Op parakram) Pak coz Pak always claimed that it will respond Nuclear

Fighter aircrafts crossing the LoC was a sacrscant red line that India could not cross despite any provocation.

India smashed that red line yesterday. Pak's meek conventional action today confirmed that Pak's Nuclear bluff has been called.

https://twitter.com/India_Policy/status/1100247481718165504

Pakistan's response today at far lesser scale than our action a day before, and then calling truce (we may not except it though) is muted and meek when seen in the context of what was always assumed that Pak would go ballistic, mad man and Nuclear if red lines are breached

First India's punitive action by crossing the red lines, then Pak's conventional response has forever raised the cost of war by thousand cuts for Pakistan. This cannot be undone now.

If there was one objective for India, that was to establish firmly that every act of terror in India which can be traced back to Pak will trigger a punitive action by any means, and be progressively more lethal, then that has been firmly achieved.

Lastly, those who are referring to Imran Khan as statesman, please ask him to turn over Azhar Massod and other terrorists that his country harbors, to India.

Till then he is Terrorist in chief, with blood of the 44 CRPF soldiers on his hand.

Even in today's attack, Pakistan did not use guided bombs. Those bombs hot empty grounds!

https://twitter.com/LawrenceSellin/status/1100745983133143041

Reading this, one can make a few conclusions:
1) India air defence was not caught napping today, as Pakistan's was yesterday
2) India's pilot did not shy away from engaging Pak Jets, unlike yesterday when Pak Jets scrambled and returned instead of confronting India's Mirajes

https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1100775530285158400

Indian attack:
-IAF Jets penetrated deep into Pak airspace for an airstrike; a first against any Nuclear Power in world and redraws Indo-Pak red lines raising the cost of its war on India
-Returned unchallenged
-Killed 350-600 Terrorists

Pak Response:
-Pak Jets intercepted by Indian air defence at LoC
-Attack foiled; no damage on Indian side
-Vintage MIGs downned famed F-16
-Our Pilot went down fighting, but will be home

We are winning. Dont succumb to ISI proaganda beamed by our Media

Sharp contrast in the headlines from the Hindi press vs the English.

Hindi Headlines reflect the truth, while English headlines are peddling ISI psyops. pic via @sdhull