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French navy slams Pakistan's misinformation campaign
NEW DLEHI: The French Navy connected Sunday criticised Pakistani media for publishing what it described arsenic “misinformation and disinformation” astir India’s Operation Sindoor, aft 1 outlet claimed a French serviceman had confirmed Pakistani aerial superiority and the shooting down of Indian Rafale jets during a borderline confrontation earlier this twelvemonth successful May.In a connection issued connected its authoritative X handle, the ‘Marine Nationale’ said the nonfiction had fabricated comments and adjacent misidentified the serviceman involved.“FAKENEWS: These statements were attributed to Captain Launay who ne'er gave his consent for immoderate signifier of publication. The nonfiction contains extended misinformation and disinformation,” the station said.
Pakistan based broadcaster Geo TV’s November 21 study had quoted a “Jacques Launay” arsenic allegedly praising the Pakistan aerial unit during a expected May 6–7 aerial engagement involving implicit 140 fighters, and claiming Indian Rafales were downed with Chinese support.
The French Navy said the officer’s existent sanction is Captain Yvan Launay - and nary of the comments attributed to him were genuine. Clarifying his existent role, the Navy said: “First sanction is Yvan, not Jacquis. Contrary to what has been established successful the article, his responsibilities are constricted to commanding the integrated naval aerial presumption wherever the French Rafale Marine craft are stationed.”According to the statement, Captain Launay’s presumption astatine the Indo-Pacific league was strictly technical.
“Captain Yvan Launay presented the assets of his naval aerial base, the missions of the Rafale combatant jet, and the French bearer onslaught radical concept,” it said.Responding to questions astatine the event, Launay “neither confirmed nor denied that Indian aircrafts had been changeable down” during Operation Sindoor and “refused to remark connected imaginable jamming of the Indian Rafale by Chinese systems.” The Navy added that “he ne'er mentioned the Chinese J10.”These clarifications straight contradicted different assertion published by the Pakistani outlet, which had said Launay linked alleged Rafale show issues to operational shortcomings and compared the pitchy with the Chinese J-10C. The Navy reiterated that specified references were ne'er made.France’s rebuttal comes days aft a US study by US-China Economic and Review Commission exposed however successful aftermath of Operation Sindoor, China initiated a “disinformation campaign” to “hinder the income of French Rafale craft successful favour of its ain J-35s, utilizing fake societal media accounts to propagate AI images of expected debris from the planes that China’s limb destroyed.” The Operation Sindoor was launched successful effect to the dastardly Pahalgam panic onslaught successful Jammu & Kashmir connected April 22 earlier this year, successful which 26 civilians were killed - the incidental aboriginal prompted Indian effect targeting Pakistan-sponsored violent sites.(With inputs from agencies)
