India is still denying that its game changer Rafales, one can take down 5 Chinese J20s, were not shot down. With these world class air superiority aircraft, they strutted along the Pakistan India border like untouchable, challenging the Pakistanis to a fight, thinking the Pakistanis would chicken out as their Chinese jets are inferior and would easily be shot down, 1 to 5 or more.
The debris of the Indian Rafales are scattered everywhere on the ground. The French have acknowledged that the Rafales had been shot down, at least two and looking for more, how many more? The French were more shocked and embarrassed by the downing of the Rafales by China's J10 C which all western sources sneered at as inferior, just like Made in China luxury bags and watches... until they realised they were the real stuff. American officials also confirmed at least two Rafales have been shot down.
To save more embarrassment, and French reputation, the reputation of their world best air superiority Rafales, the French have requested the Indians to ground all Rafale jets for now. Why? What are the implications of this French position? The French are as good as saying, when the J10s are around, ground all Rafales. The French are also telling the Indians to stop lying. Just admit that the Rafales have been shot down.
The French cannot afford to lose any more Rafales or no one would want to buy them anymore. They are confident of their machine but have great doubts about the ability of the Indian pilots to fly them. The Indians stand to lose their recent contract to buy another 26 Rafales if they ignored the French demand, fly the Rafales and got shot down again. If the Indians agree not to fly the Rafales, they have nothing else to brag or to use against the Pakistanis. All their aircraft are aged and inferior to the JF17s and J10 Cs. In other words, the Indians would have to concede the airspace to the Pakistanis. The Pakistanis would rule the sky and be a great threat to Indian forces and installations on the ground. This is as good as being defeated without fighting.
In the first life air combat between western and Chinese military technology, Chinese technology triumphs. No more lies, no more hypes. The proof is in the pudding.
What would the Indians do? They spent billions for the overpriced Rafales for air superiority and the bragging rights and to threaten the Pakistanis and the Chinese. Now the billions spent on the Rafales are just as good as buying tin cans. India is now the laughing stock of the whole world. It is now countering with more words and propaganda about shooting down Pakistani JF17s and F16s. But no one is going to believe the Indians anymore.
Can the Indians proceed with their plans to invade Pakistan to show the Pakistanis they are the top dog in the region? By the way, India reports claimed that they have shot down Pakistani drones with their S400 missiles, like the Americans using their multi million dollar Patriot missiles to shoot down $10,000 Houthi drones. Why, stupidity, or no effective weapons to take down Pakistani drones? On the hand, the Pakistanis have already shot down more than 125 Indian drones.
Chinese military technology has spoken. They are better than western technology. Battle proven and no more cheap sales. Expensive western weapons do not mean good. Think DeepSeek!