So now that he is in India...what's stopping him from publicly saying all the things India is claiming?
Ever since Abhinandan was returned...he hasn't publicly said he shot down the F16.
Again can u provide a similar report by a credible third party journalist for ur Su30MKI count? The point is that there's third parties confirming Pak's side of the story like F16 count, Indian strikes being unsuccessful in hitting their target, etc. I have yet to see anything from a credible third party source confirming Indian side of the story.
Pak said F16 wasnt shot down
---> Indians: Pakistan is lying
Abhinandan in Pak custody didn't say he shot down F16
---> Indians: Video was edited...he was told to read from a script...etc.
Pak released images of all the missiles on Abhinandan's Mig21 accounted for(therefore couldn't have shot the F16)
---> Indians: bought off of eBay, doctored image, etc.
A credible American journalist said all F16s are accounted for
---> Indians: dont believe it and I heard everything from things like China providing Pak with a mock up...to Pak tricking the US by changing the serial number of one of the F16s and having it counted twice
If u guys r going to invent excuses for any sort of proof presented whether by Pak or some non Pak source...then no matter how many times the truth comes out...ur mind is made up and no amount of evidence is going to change it.
Why not ask Abhinandan now that he is in India? He has been there a while...why hasn't he said on record that he shot down an F16?
It didn't...the Pentagon chose the typical cautious approach of neither confirming nor denying. They said "they are not aware of any such count". This is not a denial of the count.
Edit: More importantly this above account of an "unnamed pentagon spokesperson" saying that was only reported in Indian news sources...so it's questionable at best.
@Jackdaws