The dust is settling on the India and Pakistan recent hostilities and new details from the country’s military strikes and Islamabad’s retaliatory counter-fire keeps emerging.
One of the many revelations from the military action is that the Indian Air Force deftly neutralised the Chinese-made PL-15E air-to-air missile fired by Pakistan — at the press briefing on May 12, Indian officials displayed the wreckage of the rocket with Indian Air Force’s Air Marshal AK Bharti confirming that Islamabad had employed advanced Chinese weaponry, including the PL-15E missile, in its strike against India.Now, in a significant development, the international intelligence community, including the Five Eyes nations, have expressed interest in accessing parts of the missile for a detailed examination.
But why are countries wanting the PL-15 missile wreckage? We analyse and get you the answer.
India recovers Chinese-made PL-15 missile
According to news reports, Indian authorities retrieved fragments of a PL-15 missile in a field in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district. This was after Pakistan rained down a swarm of drones and missiles on civilian and military infrastructure, targeting areas such as Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Punjab.Pakistan had, in fact, launched an attack using up to 400 drones.
In these exchanges, parts of Pakistan’s Chinese-built PL-15E missiles fell inside Indian territory. This includes one missile that reportedly came down near the village of Kamahi Devi in the Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab region with significant portions intact.
