{"id":353738,"date":"2025-05-13T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353738"},"modified":"2025-05-13T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:53:06","slug":"india-exposes-pakistans-s-400-lies-with-one-picture-from-adampur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-exposes-pakistans-s-400-lies-with-one-picture-from-adampur\/","title":{"rendered":"India Exposes Pakistan\u2019s S-400 Lies with One Picture from Adampur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pakistan claimed it destroyed India\u2019s premier airbase in Adampur. It also claimed that its China-made JF-17 jets wiped out the Russian-origin S-400 missile defence system stationed there. It claimed it took out fighter jets, radar stations, and killed 60 Indian soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one image from this morning has silenced all of it. A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi standing at Adampur Air Force Station \u2014 saluting soldiers with a fully operational S-400 system clearly visible behind him \u2014 came as India\u2019s most direct rebuttal to Pakistan\u2019s disinformation campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a picture. It\u2019s a message. A takedown. A fact check Pakistan wasn\u2019t prepared for,\u201d said sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources added that Islamabad\u2019s claims were based on morphed satellite imagery. The truth is that Adampur played a key role last week in intercepting waves of missiles and drones fired by Pakistan in retaliation for Operation Sindoor \u2014 India\u2019s tri-service strike against terrorist bases across Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEarlier this morning, I went to Air Force Station Adampur and met our brave air warriors and soldiers. It was a very special experience to be with those who epitomise courage, determination and fearlessness,\u201d PM Modi posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said this is likely the first time India has publicly released a photograph showing its S-400 system, widely regarded as one of the most advanced missile defence platforms in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In last week\u2019s 100-hour escalation, Pakistan targeted multiple military installations across Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. It also launched attacks on civilian areas in Ferozepur, Punjab. Indian forces, however, reported minimal damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, India backed its own precision strikes with evidence \u2014 satellite visuals confirming hits on at least 11 Pakistani military installations, including the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, just 10 km from Pakistan\u2019s army headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Pakistan\u2019s claims? Government sources had one word: \u201cLies.\u201d And the image from Adampur \u2014 the Prime Minister saluting the soldiers, the S-400 standing tall in the background \u2014 says everything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan claimed it destroyed India\u2019s premier airbase in Adampur. It also claimed that its China-made JF-17 jets wiped out the Russian-origin S-400 missile defence system stationed there. It claimed it took out fighter jets, radar stations, and killed 60 Indian soldiers. But one image from this morning has silenced all of it. A photo of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[19654,16061,15520,19655],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353741,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353738\/revisions\/353741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}