Military aviation analyst and historian, Tom Cooper has accused Pakistan of indoctrinating its population with a false sense of military superiority over India, claiming it to be a longstanding tactic aimed at boosting national morale and projecting invincibility.
Cooper said, "This messaging is classic for Pakistan. Essentially, we have a situation where the country and its population have been indoctrinated to believe in Pakistani and mafia superiority vis-a-vis India and correspondingly military superiority vis-a-vis India and some kind of impression that the Pakistani armed forces are invincible."
He elaborated that Pakistan has been spreading misinformation among its civilians, claiming that its armed forces, equipped with American F-16s and Chinese J-10s and GF-17s, are capable of defeating India in combat.
"And especially in comparison to India that India cannot defeat the Pakistani Air Force, the ground forces, navy, and Pakistan is strong and perfectly armed with latest equipment from USA and China with F-16s and GF-17s and J-10s. This latest Chinese air-to-air missiles and so on, and this is exactly the same," he said.
Commenting on recent images of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and General Munir standing on a tank during a military base visit, Cooper suggested it was an attempt to rebuild public morale.
"So when they climb on the top of the tank, they must rebuild the morale and the self-confidence of the nation. They are the first to know what is the actual situation. The first to know that is the title general of Pakistani Armed Forces, and the second, because he has to inform the Prime Minister, of course, so they both know they have been defeated," he said.
Cooper claimed that despite knowing the true state of their forces, Pakistani leaders continue to project an image of strength. "They both know that related rumours, at least if not be true. The full two are going to reach the public sooner or later. Therefore, they must climb on the tank and declare a victory. Yeah, what is better for that purpose but standing on a tank," he said.
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On India's recent precision strikes, Cooper noted that Indian forces have been targeting specific points within Pakistan, avoiding civilian areas while inflicting significant damage on military assets.
"It is fascinating to watch how Indian top military commanders have precisely, methodically, systematically targeted very selected points, not enter air bases. They're not after destroying entire bases, they're not under destroying cities, the least," he said.
He added, "But after striking precisely selected points at selected air bases, they could have hit anywhere almost in Pakistan, but the point was to, hit where it really hurts. And so you have, for example, you have this a trailer mounted a command site at the Noor Khan Air Base, which was smashed entirely."
Cooper also claimed that Indian forces had effectively tracked and targeted Pakistani aircraft inside hangars, catching both the aircraft and their operating personnel.
"Hangars have been hit with aircraft at the inside. These hangers targeted because Indian armed forces were able to follow the movement of specific Pakistani aircraft, landing, rolling into the hanger, and then there was an attack by Indian armed forces and it caught the aircraft still inside the hangar and also the personnel of the unit operating the aircraft," he said.
He argued that the evidence clearly points to an Indian victory, despite Pakistan's official claims.
"So Indian armed forces were striking very precisely against very selected targets and there is clear evidence for success in this regard. On the contrary, by all the Pakistani claims, it is actually almost exactly like back in 2019 during the Balakot affairs. Pakistani establishment, Pakistani government, Pakistani armed forces are issuing one statement after the other, which is proven as lie," he said.
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