Outside World 3 Aug 2025 Azam Saham

New: India’s Rafale Shot Down by Chinese J-10C Due To Intelligence Gap in Pakistan War

A Rafale fighter jet was downed by a Chinese-made J-10C during a massive night-time aerial clash involving around 110 aircraft — the largest air battle in decades. Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Sidhu ordered the ambush, exploiting India’s faulty intelligence on the PL-15 missile’s range. Believing they were out of harm’s way, Rafale pilots underestimated the Chinese missile’s reach, which proved to be over 200km. The precision strike shattered assumptions about Western hardware supremacy and highlighted the growing threat of Chinese tech. Experts say a critical intelligence failure, not Rafale’s capabilities, led to the stunning loss.