A miscalculation of just 50 kilometres cost one of the two countries dearly. The Godzilla Farmation of Indian Rafale aircraft was the package that Narendra Modi was waiting for for six years. If there is one example of e-warfare, radars and cyber-warfare in modern history, it is the Pakistan-India "One Hour War" in May. The Indian attack was a war of aggression, a power projection. Indian fighter jets had locked the entire eastern border of Pakistan from the Indian Ocean to Kashmir. How are you, friends? I, Faisal Warraich. In the intervening night of May 6 and 7, 2025, a historic battle took place between India and Pakistan, that changed the very character of conventional warfare between the two atomic powers. Three characteristics of this war were completely new. One is that for the first time, the professional air forces of two atomic powers were face-to-face with killing intentions. Otherwise, in the last four decades, only very powerful air forces were attacking a very weak enemy. As Syria, Yemen and Gaza were bombarded by Russian, Israeli and American jets and these countries could not defend themselves. The last real battle of professional armies was in 1982 between the British and Argentine Air Forces which is known as the Falklands War. After that, there were some aircraft clashes in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Both were old-style dogfights , and neither had more than 40 aircraft facing each other. But in this one-year war between Pakistan and India, more than a hundred aircraft were in action. In this battle, for the first time in history, the radar, the electronic and cyber warfare expertise of two professional armies was to be tested. Another innovative aspect of this war was that it was not a traditional dogfight but was fought with "beyond visual range" missiles. Because in a traditional dogfight, fighter pilots would face each other and lock onto each other, and then hit them with guns or missiles. But in this battle, the planes without face to face from the distance of hundreds of kilometres, with the complex electronic warfare, had to lock and hit the beyond-visual-range fighter jets. This operation was named Operation Sindoor by India. According to him, the purpose of this operation was to respond to the Pahalgam terrorist attack of April 22 by targeting the so-called bases in Pakistan from where the Pahalgam attack was planned. Although the fact was that India was unable to provide proof to any country in the whole world that the tragedy of Pahalgam was somehow linked to Pakistan. Rather, he failed to tell even one country in the whole world that Pakistan was involved in these attacks. It seemed that Pahalgam was a false flag operation, about which the intelligence agencies of all major countries had briefed their governments. Or that they were not convinced of the Pakistani link in the attack. So from the beginning, it was not just war, or a justified war , nor was it a defensive war, nor was it a retaliation. Because Pakistan had not attacked India. So in philosophical and military terms, it was purely a war of aggression, a power projection, not a war of necessity. Because Prime Minister Modi was waiting for six years to get French Rafale fighter jets and attack Pakistan. In the defeat of 2019's the short battle, the destruction of one of his MiG aircraft and the capture of the pilot was not yet out of the Indian mind. So Operation Sindoor was actually an "honour restore" or "settle the score" war. So, friends, the Indian Air Force activated all its bases for this war, spread from the Arabian Sea in the South to the occupied Kashmir in the North. That is, the entire eastern border of Pakistan was covered. These included Srinagar, Awantipora, Ambala, Bathinda, Suratgarh, Bikaner , Jodhpur, Uttaralai, Bhuj and Nalia airbases. The Sandoor Operation was to be led by French Rafales flying from Bathinda. Along with this, Mirage 2000, Sukhoi 30 and MiG-29 jets were also participating in this mission in large numbers. Some Jaguar and Tejas aircraft were also made part of the operation but only in a supporting role. AWACS aircraft were also in the air to guide the jets. The Indian planes were also supported by the Russian-made S-400 air defence system. One unit of this system was installed at Adampur in Indian Punjab and another at Bhoj Airbase in Gujarat. These systems with a defence range of 400 km were capable of detecting and shooting down aircraft far away in Pakistan's airspace. Between 6th and 7th of May, after 12 o'clock, the Indian planes got the order to attack Pakistan. 72 fighter jets began taking off from 10 Indian airbases. After reaching the air, these planes, in various formations, spread from Rajasthan to Occupied Kashmir. The top formation of these aircraft was that of the Rafale aircraft and was named "Godzilla" by the Indian Air Force. Curious fellows, while the Indian planes were taking off , the nerve centres of the Pakistan Air Force were watching the Indian formations live on their operations room screens. Radars and digital systems on the India-Pak border were providing digital signals of the entire situation. Because Pakistan was on high alert after the April 22 Pahalgam attack. Indian leaders started issuing threats. Pakistani aircraft were also conducting day and night security flights, combat air patrols, and caps. Pakistan's Early Warning Awaks aircraft were also watching the movements of the enemy jets in the air. Due to a high alert, Pakistani pilots, near the runway in the waiting area, were kept ready for quick retaliatory action. For the first response on the side of Pakistan, five forward airbases, Bholari, Shahbaz, Rafiqi, Mushaf, Minhas and Peshawar were kept ready. Dozens of planes were on alert at other airbases as backup. On the night between May 6 and 7, as soon as the Air Force Headquarters realized that the enemy was about to launch a major operation, the Pakistan Air Force also got the flight order. Pakistan's counter-reaction against the Indian planes was started within just two minutes. In the next few minutes, at least 42 Pakistani planes were in the air. Chinese-made J-10 Sea planes were on the front line among Pakistani aircraft. They were being flown by Pakistan Air Force Number 15 Squadron, Cobras. These aircraft took off from PAF Airbase Minhas in Kamra. At least 20 J-10C aircraft were stationed at this base, 18 of which were sent to engage the enemy and two were in reserve. There were another 24 aircraft in the supporting role of the J-10C aircraft. These were JF-17 Block-3 and Mirage. Probably a few F-16s were also part of this fight. But at the front, there were only J-10Cs. Pakistani planes were also supported by early warning i.e. AWACS planes and air defences on the ground. By one o'clock in the night, the planes of both Pakistan and India had come face to face across the border. Combined with AWACS and other supporting aircraft, on both sides, there were from 115 to 125 jets. No pilot on either side could see their enemy planes. There were only a few dots on the screens showing where the enemy was in the air. These dots were to be tracked and attacked. It was apparently just like a video game. It was a completely new war in its character, such as had never been fought before. In this war, Indian pilots were ordered not to enter Pakistani airspace under any circumstances. There were two reasons for this. One is that a few years ago in 2019, Pakistan shot down the MiG-21 aircraft of an Indian pilot, Abhinandan. The Pakistan Air Force manoeuvred, and this plane was forced to enter its airspace, because its electronic communication was jammed. After which it became easy to dodge and drag it to the Pakistani side. The plane was shot down when it entered Pakistani airspace. Pakistan seized its wreckage and arrested the pilot. The videos of the crashed plane and the pilot embarrassed the Indian government and the Air Force. So, to avoid any embarrassment in future, this time there were strict orders that no matter what happens, Indian planes will not enter Pakistani airspace. Interestingly, according to India, Abhinandan, who was a war hero and shot down Pakistan's fictitious F-16 aircraft, which is obviously 100% false, should have been a part of Operation Sindoor. But the fact was that he was not allowed even to come close to the Operation Sindoor. Perhaps India did not want to demoralise its pilots, so this risk was not taken. Well, the second reason for the Indian jets staying in their airspace was that the Pakistan Air Force had the PL-15 missile. The Indian Air Force estimated that these Pakistani missiles have a range of just 145 km. Therefore, it was necessary for the Indian planes to stay at least 150 kilometres behind the Pakistani border so that they could not be targeted within this range. But surprisingly, the intelligence of the Indian Air Force was not correct. Because the range of the PL-15 missile was not 145 but 200 kilometres. It was a colossal strategic blunder, which cost the Indian leadership both militarily and politically. Friends, the long-range French missiles installed in Indian aircraft were Meteor. Their maximum range was up to 150 km and this was an open secret, and the Pakistan Air Force knew it well. Since Pakistan could see the position of the Indian jets precisely in its command and control centres, it maintained this distance in its airspace from the Indian jets. And in this, the PAF had a subtle strategic advantage of 50 kilometres, which Pakistan could fully exploit. Then the Pakistani forces were ordered not to respond until India attacked. so that India could be termed the aggressor. At five past one in the night, the Indian forces attacked. Indian planes and the Indian Army deployed along the Line of Control also opened fire on Pakistan. The Indians were firing X-calibre shells from the M-777 Ultralight Howitzer cannons. These GPS-guided missiles were firing at a range of 35 to 40 km. In India's air and ground attacks on at least nine locations in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, targeted mosques, madrassas and homes. These points were around Bahawalpur, Muridke, Sialkot, Shakargarh, Kotli and Muzaffarabad. At least 31 civilians, including innocent children and women, were killed in these attacks. Several mosques and their attached family quarters were destroyed. When the Indian Army launched an aggressive attack on Pakistan's sovereign territory, now Pakistan has a legal justification for retaliation according to international law. The positions of the Indian jets in the command and control centres were already clear to Pakistan, so, now they all became legitimate targets. The historic war of beyond visual range missiles had begun. Curious Fellows, the first step to hitting any aircraft in Modern Warfare is to lock on to it. When an aircraft gets locked, it takes measures called evasive manoeuvres to break the lock. For this, the plane takes sharp turns up and down very quickly. Just like in wrestling, the wrestler who is in the grip of the opponent is struggling with his hands and feet. Sometimes he succeeds, and sometimes he doesn't. In the very modern form of dogfighting, lock and unlock is a continuous effort in which pilots have only a few seconds. In this game, Pakistan had a lot of technical advantages over the Indian planes from the beginning. An advantage is that you already know that the Indian Air Force had wrong information about Pakistani missile ranges and this mistake was deadly, and that's why they unknowingly fell into the killing range. Another advantage was that Pakistan's expertise in electronic warfare was much greater than that of India. In their war rooms, the commanders of the Pakistan Air Force were monitoring the Indian aircraft's verbal and and non-verbal linked communications, as well as the radar communication. Moreover, the PAF could also jam the communications of the Indian Air Force. In other words, Pakistan had an advantage over India in both cyber warfare and electronic warfare. So guys, with these two big advantages, Pakistan intercepted Indian planes. First, to confuse the enemy aircraft, a missile was fired, without locking on any jet, between the formation of the indian warplanes. This is called a "RAPPI" in technical parlance. By this means, the enemy is given an opportunity to retreat without a fight , realising the opponent's superior power and withdrawing from the fight. Pilots in target jets can see the missile coming but cannot understand which aircraft it is targeting. Because everyone thinks that any other plane is locked, it's not. This RAPPI fire detonates upon reaching its targeted range, causing panic in the enemy formation. All the pilots communicate with each other to know what has happened and the superior army hacks this communication to understand a lot. So Pakistan was the first to use this technique against Indian aircraft. A PL-15 missile was fired at the Punjab border, amidst a formation of Indian jets. When the missile exploded somewhere between these planes , according to the PAF, at least one Indian plane was also damaged by its debris. But what damage, it is not confirmed. Yes, it is definitely confirmed that no Indian aircraft was destroyed in this attack. After that, Pakistan began to rapidly lock onto Indian aircraft across the Line of Control. On the other hand, the Indian planes were also trying to lock the Pakistani planes but were unable to do so due to repeated electronic disruption. There was a visible mismatch between the Pakistan and India EV electronic warfare in which Pakistan had a clear superiority, Pakistan continuously disrupted Indian radars and non-verbal communications during this one-hour war and this quality was not in Indian estimation. While the Indian aircraft could not lock and hit a single Pakistani fighter in the entire battle, the Pakistani Air Force locked several aircraft, of which the technical evidence of seven was also shown in the press conference on May 9. The PAF fired PL-15 missiles at seven Indian jets from the J-10C aircraft , including the French super-hit Rafale aircraft. This landmark aircraft of the 4.5th generation is the best fighter jet in the world and it detects incoming attacks with its radar system. But for this it is necessary that the incoming missile's radar system is on. While Pakistan fired PL-15 missiles, its own radar system was temporarily disabled. Meanwhile, these missiles were being guided by Awaks aircraft. The Indian radar system was jammed so it too was not able to get its planes past the information system. In such a situation, when the PL-15 missiles, at about Mach 3 speed, had reached 30 km close to the Indian locked aircraft, the radar system of these missiles was turned on. That is, now the Indian pilots of Rafale jets and others could see on the radar screens of their planes that a missile was coming towards them at three times the speed of sound at the speed of Mach 3. But a missile coming at the speed of Mach 3 covers this 30 kilometres of distance in a maximum of 30 seconds. So the pilots had no time for any manoeuvres. The only option left was to pull over and jump from the ejection seat. That means save your life with the automatic parachute system or make a last-ditch effort to save the plane in the last 30 seconds in which your own life could be at stake. Indian Airforce is a brave and professional army, so we cannot say how many pilots did the ejection pull and how many attempted the maneuver. But we don't know how many Indian pilots lost their lives in this one-hour fight. Because the Indian officials did not clarify their losses. But according to the PAF, they had electronic evidence of at least six Indian planes being destroyed when they were hit. While the seventh plane was apparently hit, its destruction could not be confirmed by ground intelligence. Therefore, the Pakistan Air Force does not claim the destruction of the seventh Indian aircraft. The six aircraft that PAF takes credit for downing include three Rafales, one Mirage 2000, one Sukhoi 30 and one MiG 29. At least four of these planes crashed in Occupied Kashmir and one in Bathinda, Indian Punjab. That is, near the same base from which the Rafale jets of the Godzilla formation took off. An important proof of the destruction of the Rafale was given by the Pakistan Air Force in a press conference. The PAF played a conversation between the ground radar and the wingman of the fourth Rafale of the Godzilla formation, in which the wingman was asking that I was not able to contact my third aircraft and that I had also seen an explosion in the air. The encounter between the two air forces continued for more than an hour. Meanwhile, the Indian aircraft could not fire a single missile at the Pakistani jets. Their radars and communications were also getting jammed repeatedly. After India had lost at least six aircraft , the Pakistan Air Force began to disengage gradually as part of a strategy. That is, it allowed the enemy aircraft to move out of the target range. This is actually the best tactic to keep escalation control in your hands to give the enemy a way back. All mature militaries use this tactic to prevent a war from spiralling out of control and becoming a war of egos. Each army gives the other a way back to avoid a perpetual war. So Pakistan Air Force stopped locking Indian planes and disrupting communications. The Indian Air Force used this safe passage and started grounding aircraft at the bases. Pakistan Air Force planes also returned to their bases. Meanwhile, Pakistan's air superiority was proven as India had returned after losing six aircraft while Pakistan's aircraft was not hit. In the one-hour battle, complete air dominance was with the Pakistan Air Force. Indian jets, far from hitting Pakistani jets, could not even fire a single missile. In this fight, not only India , but also the French company that manufactures the Rafale aircraft was at a considerable loss. Because the Rafale had never had a hit in history until now, that was its biggest marketing strength, and it was selling a lot. But now at least three Rafales had been confirmed killed in just one hour. India tried hard to hide this great embarrassment but for two reasons, it could not hide the destruction of its planes. First, the same reason that the Pakistan Air Force Vice Marshal Aurangzeb held another detailed press conference with electronic signals on May 11, called the international media and showed how Pakistan shot down Indian planes in retaliation. It also showed evidence of complete jamming and hacking of the Indian Air Force's communications systems. While a detailed press conference was also held by the Indian Air Force on the same day i.e. May 11. But nothing was clearly stated in it. Neither the electronic signals showed whether they had hit any Pakistani aircraft or not. The IAF neither admitted nor denied the destruction of their planes. Rather, the body language of the Indian officials in the press conference was also very depressed. It sent a message to the whole world that despite the technological superiority of the Rafale jets, Narendra Modi has failed in his objectives. The second evidence of the destruction of Indian planes was that the next day, the wreckage of the destroyed planes was recovered from occupied Kashmir and Indian territories. For example, one video was of a crashed plane near Akhnoor with smoke rising from the wreckage. The second video was from Pulwama. Fragments of a plane were visible in it. The Indian newspaper "The Hindustan Times" reported the news of the plane crash in Bathinda. This news is available on its website till uploading this video. Apart from this, India's moderate newspaper, "The Hindu", tweeted that three planes have been destroyed in Kashmir. But later he had to delete this tweet due to pressure from the Indian right wing. If there was any doubt left after that about the destruction of the Indian jets, the statement of the Indian Chief of Defence Staff, Anil Chauhan, fulfilled it. In an interview with the American channel Bloomberg, he admitted the destruction of the planes. It seemed clear from his words that India had lost more than one aircraft. Not only the media but also other international confirmations of this incident are available. A French intelligence official confirmed the downing of at least one Rafale jet to CNN. After that, US officials also reported the downing of two Indian aircraft, including at least one Rafale aircraft. Friends, the battle did not end with the destruction of the Indian jets on the night between May 6 and 7. Because now Pakistan had defended. The answer to India's violation of Pakistan's sovereignty was yet to come. But before Pakistan could respond, the Indian Air Force, to cover up the loss of its jets and and overcome embarrassment, made a desperate attempt to destroy Pakistani assets. For the sake of showing the failed operation Sindoor as a success to the indian people, it started drone and missile attacks on Pakistan from May 8. Now the war was entering a new phase in which the Indian leadership desperately wanted to inflict some kind of damage on Pakistan, which could prove its victory in public. The BJP could show the people that its action was successful. Pakistan had to defend itself here too, How successful was Pakistan in defending here? How was Pakistan's Operation Banyan-ul-Marsoos carried out in response to Operation Sindoor? Ceasefire mediated by Donald Trump or decided by the two DG MOs themselves? Friends, we will discuss this in the next video, which will be the last video of this series. Meanwhile, if you want to see the details of previous wars between Pakistan and India like, 1965, 1971 wars, and the Kargil conflict, then click here, here and here.