Centre d'Histoire et de Prospective Militaires (CHPM), a 🇨🇭Swiss Think Tank has released its note and analysis on Operation Sindoor and Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, critically evaluating the 4-day conflict between 🇮🇳 India and 🇵🇰Pakistan.

Presenting some excerpts below👇: (1/7)


Taking reference from the official citations, it states that one of the 2 IAF strike formations breached Pakistani airspace to release it's air-to-surface munition and guided it manually, possibly Crystal Maze, launched by Mirage 2000I or AASM Hammer EO, launched by Rafale. (2/7)

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Some new details revealed by former IAF airman (and MiD) IAF, who served as battery operator of the S-400 during Op Sindoor.

1. Apart from the aircraft kills, the S-400 unit also scored confirmed kills of cruise and ballistic missiles as well as a loitering munition! (1/3) 2. He also confirmed that friendly Intel played an important part as the crew was being notified about the possible kind of threats they would be facing. Also, he mentioned that F-16 was among the aerial target neutralized by S-400. (they have proper electronic evidence) (2/3)

Keeping the radar claim aside, quite interesting things related to JF-17 Block III are stated in the "Roar of the Thunder" published in this months's Air Forces Monthly issue, that also includes a lot of things related to future JFT standards. First is its distinctive wide angle diffractive Heads Up Display (HUD). In contrast to the initial belief that its the same as the Aurora EHUD fitted on J-20, the Block 3's HUD is in fact the latest system and will replace the existing HUDs of PLAAF's operational J-20 and J-10C.