Speaking as a keynote speaker at an event in Bengaluru, Indian Air Force Chief Air Marshal A.P.Singh sought to iron out the controversy created earlier by the Indian Defence Attache to Indonesia who had remarked that the Indian Air Force lost fighter jets in the initial phase of Operation Sindoor because of political constraints.

Singh did not speak of Indian air losses but claimed in his speech that the IAF had downed at least five fighter jets of Pakistan, apart from disabling many of its military hubs. “We have at least five fighters confirmed killed and one large aircraft..,” he said. However, the timing and content of Singh's speech have come under scrutiny.

In this special interview for The Wire, Sushant Singh analyses the Air Chief Marshal's remarks and tells Siddharth Varadarajan why it's hard for experts to take his remarks at face value.

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