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Pakistani fighter jets shot down two Indian aircraft on Wednesday, according to a military spokesman, in a dramatic escalation just one day after the Indian Air Force bombed a terrorist training camp inside Pakistan.
Pakistans air force "shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace," said military spokesman Asif Ghafoor. One of the aircraft fell inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, and the other crashed on Indias side of the Line of Control. An Indian pilot ejected over Pakistani territory and was arrested, he said.
Pakistans air force struck at targets inside Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, but did so from their own airspace, according to a separate statement from Pakistans foreign ministry.
"We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm. That is why we undertook the action with clear warning and in broad daylight," the Pakistan foreign ministry statement said.
The latest reports come a day after Indian Air Force jets bombed a terrorist training camp inside Pakistan. Indias rupee reversed gains, while Pakistans benchmark stock index plunged 3 percent at 11:07 a.m. in Karachi.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-27/pakistani-jets-violate-indian-air-space-in-kashmir-pti-reports
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)a President and Secretary of State that cared diffuse this situation before they started bombing each other.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)This escalation needs way more visibility than it's getting