(Staff posts from the ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA on 07 May 2025.)
Eight dead after missiles strike nine sites in
Pakistan, Pakistani Kashmir: Loud explosions have been heard in Pakistan and Pakistani
Kashmir, where India says it has attacked "terrorist infrastructure".
Delhi said it targeted nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks.
Pakistan shot down five Indian aircraft in
'defensive' act, military spokesperson says: Pakistani military spokesperson,
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has given further detail on its
retaliation against India's missile strikes. "So far, I can confirm you
that five Indian aircrafts including three Rafale, one SU-30 and one MiG-29
have been shot down, and one Heron drone has also been shot down," he
said.
"I would also like to emphasise that all of these engagements have been done as a defensive [act] ... after the Indian aircraft attacked the fire on the Pakistani territory." He said one of the "engagements" took place near Bhatinda in India. "And there are other locations also as the information keeps on coming, I'll keep on updating," he said. Lieutenant General Chaudhry condemned India's attack as a "cowardly act" where the "serenity of the country has been violated".
He pointed to article 51 of the UN charter, which
recognises the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if a
member state is subjected to an armed attack. "We have all the right of
defending ourselves," he said. "And in light of that article, and of
the international rules, we are defending the people of Pakistan."
(Blogger’s Notes: By using Chinese PL-15 (BVR-Beyond Visual Range Mach-5) Air-to-Air super-sonic missiles recently provided by China, Pakistan shot down five Indian jet fighters. This Indo-Paki War could accelerate into US-China War and eventually third World War as Trump has been promising India if China gets behind Pakistan he will help India.)
