From ‘5 Jets’ to ‘13’: IAF Chief’s Wildly Changing Numbers Expose a Failed Operation

After its embarrassing military failure in May 2025, the Indian political and military leadership has fallen into a state of total confusion, now fighting a desperate and messy war against the truth itself. The latest and most ridiculous claim from the Indian Air Force Chief of destroying “12 to 13 Pakistani jets” is the final act in a strange and confusing story being performed by the Indian government. This whole situation began not with boasts of victory, but with a suspicious silence, which has since been filled by a messy flood of stories that keep changing to cover up one simple fact: “Operation Sindoor” was a complete failure.

From Silence to Nonsense: How the Lie Grew

A real victory is announced right away and with pride. India’s story, however, started with a guilty silence, and only later grew into a poorly written piece of fiction. This timeline alone shows their claims were made up long after the event.

♦ A Victory Too Great to Mention?: If “Operation Sindoor” was the huge success India now claims, why was its government completely silent right after the 36 hour ceasefire? The silence was noticeable and said a lot. It was the silence of a leadership that knew it had failed and had no victory to announce.

♦ A Mess of Confusing Stories: It is clear the Indian leadership does not even know its own story. First, there was silence. Then, a hesitant claim of downing five jets was made. Now, months later, that number has suddenly jumped to 13. They cannot decide which lie to stick with, showing their propaganda to be a pathetic and disorganized mess.

A House Divided: India’s Leadership at War with Itself

The strongest evidence against India’s claims comes from the mouths of its own officials. Their statements are a mess of contradictions, painting a picture of a government in complete disorder.

♦ The Ultimate Contradiction: The main, ridiculous contradiction remains: How can the IAF Chief claim to have shot down any jets when he himself admitted that Prime Minister Modi’s office had directly stopped the IAF from striking Pakistan’s air power? It is a story that cancels itself out.

♦ Who is Telling the Truth?: With the IAF Chief, the Chief of Defence Staff, and other officials all telling different and conflicting stories, it is clear there is no single truth in their camp. There is only a desperate, group effort to invent a victory out of a clear defeat.

The Undeniable Fact: The 36 Hour Surrender

While India tells its stories, one action remains an undeniable fact that no amount of bragging after the event can erase: their quick surrender.

♦ Actions Show the Truth, Not Words: A winner sets the terms and celebrates on the battlefield. India, on the other hand, begged for a ceasefire within 36 hours. This single act of surrender is the most powerful proof of who was in control and who had failed.

♦ Desperation on Display: The embarrassing attempt to later link a cricket win to the military operation shows a government so desperate for a victory that it had to borrow one from the sports field.

Two Different Responses: Pakistan’s Openness vs. India’s Secrecy

The difference between how the two nations handle conflict situations could not be clearer. Pakistan operates with facts and evidence, while India operates with silence and propaganda.

♦ Pakistan’s Open-Book Policy: As the world saw in the 2019 event, Pakistan’s response is immediate and open. We presented the wreckage of the downed Indian jet, we presented the captured pilot, and we held detailed press briefings presenting the facts for the world to check.

♦ India’s Wall of Propaganda: In total contrast, India has offered nothing to support its wild claims about “Operation Sindoor.” There is no wreckage, no satellite images, no electronic evidence, and no real proof of any kind, only empty words from its officials.

The World’s Verdict: Global Media and Outside Voices

Trust is earned, not claimed. Pakistan has earned it by backing its words with proof, which is why its story has been accepted by the international community.

♦ When the World Saw the Truth: After the 2019 incident, the global media and even world leaders like President Donald Trump accepted the facts presented by Pakistan. The evidence was simply too clear to deny.

♦ A Propaganda Campaign with No Buyers: For “Operation Sindoor,” there has been a complete lack of international reporting or independent checking of India’s claims. Their story exists only within their own media bubble and is not fooling anyone on the world stage.

A Political Stunt for a Home Audience

It is obvious that this whole show of lies is not for the world. It is a poorly written drama for the Indian public, designed by a government that consistently uses talk of war to achieve its political goals.

♦ A Bollywood Production of Lies: “Operation Sindoor” has been turned into a fictional movie for the Indian people, complete with scripts that keep changing and heroic claims that have no connection to reality.

♦ Creating a Crisis to Hide Failure: This propaganda is a classic distraction. The Modi government invents military victories to take attention away from its bad decisions and serious domestic problems.

The Last Resort: Empty Threats

Having failed on the battlefield and failed in its propaganda war, the Indian establishment is now left with only one tool: empty threats.

♦ Shouting Louder to Drown Out the Truth: The Indian Army Chief’s threat to “erase Pakistan” is the desperate shouting of a military that knows it has lost and is trying to sound strong to cover its weakness.

♦ A Gimmick Exposed: Even voices inside India see through the lies, calling the operation a “badly managed political gimmick.” When a country’s own people doubt its victory, the world knows the truth.

A War Lost on the Battlefield Cannot Be Won in a Press Conference

In the end, India’s story is a messy collection of contradictions, born from an initial silence, not supported by a single piece of evidence, and not backed up by the world. It is the story of a government that has lost touch with reality. Pakistan, in contrast, stands by its consistent, professional, and evidence-based position. The truth does not need to change its story. As the wise saying goes, and as India is now learning the hard way: wars that are lost on the battlefield cannot be won in a press conference.