About 125 Indian and Pakistani fighters fought for more than an hour in one of the largest battles in modern history, according to a Pakistani security source transferred by CNN.
If the number of planes is confirmed, it will make it one of the largest air battles since World War II.
Newsweek I arrived at the Indian and Pakistani governments for comment.
Why do it matter
The size of knowledge on Wednesday confirms the severity of the conflict between nuclear armed competitors-each of which has some of the largest traditional military forces in the world-and highlights the effects of any additional escalation in the diplomatic efforts in alleviating the tensions that erupted after an attack on tourism in the Indian Kashimat.
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What do you know
A Pakistani security source said to the fifth Pakistani security source to inform the “Battle of Dogs” between the Pakistani planes and the Indian fighter, which Pakistani officials, who slipped five Indian planes, said, was one of the “largest and longest air history”. CNN. The Pakistani claim has not been confirmed and not verified immediately Newsweek.
A total of 125 combat aircraft participated in an hour air battle, with the two sides confined to their airspace, as long -range missiles were exchanged over distances exceeding 100 miles, CNN He said.
The Indian pilots made multiple passes in the targets, while Pakistan has issued warnings in areas believed to be at risk of reducing civil harm. The source said that none of the two sides crossed the borders, citing the 2019 confrontations when an Indian pilot was dropped, and he was arrested in Pakistan, and he was shown on television – embarrassing embarrassment was keen to avoid repetition.
Air fighting formed a war since the early twentieth century and identified some of the most central moments in modern military history.
World War II battles
The air battles reached its peak in World War II, although the 1918 Saint Mihil Battle in World War I witnessed the participation of 500 German aircraft and about 1500 allied aircraft, according to the Norwich University list of the 10 largest air battles in military history.
The list of these links is topped by the battle of Kursk in July and August 1943, when Nazi Germany presented 2000 aircraft to 2,792 Russia, where Russian forces transformed the wave of World War II.
The Battle of Britain in 1940 was another pivotal moment to use the air force with the smaller British power of 675 aircraft dating back to a German force of 2,800 and in a process that helps prevent the Nazi invasion of Britain.
The Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944 strengthened the superiority of the Americans, as the fighters in the carrier recorded hundreds of Japanese aircraft in a defeat called “The Great Marianas of Türkiye”. He fought about 1,000 American aircraft with an estimated 700 Japanese aircraft.
The air battles after the war were generally a smaller scale, but also important.
The turning point for air fighting with “Black Thursday” came in 1951, during the Korean War, and exposed brutal speed and deadline in battles in the Cold War era. About 30 MIG 15s showed North and Chinese signs, despite its crew by Soviet pilots, their superiority against an American force several times.
In 1982, Israel showed an exceptional tactical accuracy in the 19 -in -law Cricket in the Beeka Valley, which led to the destruction of most Syrian aircraft without suffering from one loss. The University of Norwich put the Israeli force in 90 aircraft to 100 Syrian aircraft.
Also in the Middle East, the 1973 El Mansoura battle, between Egypt and Israel, continued slightly less than an hour and participated in up to 164 Israeli aircraft and 62 Egyptian aircraft. Israel has suffered heavy losses in terms of aircraft, according to the University of Norwich, although it later turned the Middle East war in 1973.
What happens after that
The escalating tensions between India and Pakistan raised calls from the American and global powers that urge the two sides to exercise restraint and follow up on diplomatic escalation.