The Daily Populous Friday February 13rd, 2026 night edition
Authored by aa.com.tr and submitted by Kooky_Strategy_9664

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Cannot-Forget on February 12nd, 2026 at 18:37 UTC »

Weren't some of such jets downed by Pakistan? Does this mean India doesn't think it was due to technical issues, but human error?

Because after those incidents during the last conflict, and compared to the F-35's performance over Iran against what I assume to be around the same level of anti-aircraft threat, I expected India to want to change.

paikiachu on February 12nd, 2026 at 17:56 UTC »

Here before the Indian and Pakistani bots start attacking each other over downed jet numbers

Kooky_Strategy_9664 on February 12nd, 2026 at 16:37 UTC »

Ss: The Indian Defense Ministry on Thursday approved $39.75 billion worth of defense projects, including the fresh acquisition of Rafale jets from France, according to an official statement.

The country's Defense Acquisition Council granted "acceptance of necessity" for various defense service proposals valued at approximately 3.6 trillion Indian rupees (about $39.75 billion), the ministry said, adding that the approvals granted for key "capability enhancements across the defense forces."

The approvals included the purchase of multi-role combat aircraft (Rafale), combat missiles, and an airship-based high-altitude pseudo-satellite.

India will procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework from France, Press Trust of India reported.