Pakistan's relentless push to paint its military as superior to India's took a humiliating hit this weekend, with the French Navy publicly dismantling a fabricated story from Geo TV. The Islamabad-based channel's November 21 article wildly claimed a top French Naval Commander praised Pakistan's Air Force for downing multiple Indian Rafale jets during the intense May border clashes known as Operation Sindoor. But the Marine Nationale fired back swiftly on social media, branding the report as "FAKENEWS" packed with "extensive misinformation and disinformation," leaving Pakistani propagandists scrambling and their credibility in tatters once more.

At the heart of the scandal was Geo TV correspondent Hamid Mir's piece, which twisted words from Captain Yvan Launay, Commander of France's Naval Air Base at Landivisiau. The article falsely quoted the Captain– misspelling his first name as "Jacques" – as confirming Pakistan's dominance in a massive dogfight involving over 140 aircraft on May 6-7. It even alleged he blamed Indian Rafale failures on "operational mishandling" rather than tech flaws, while crediting Chinese support for jamming the jets. Launay's actual talk at an Indo-Pacific Conference was a dry technical rundown on Rafale missions and carrier operations, nothing more, according to the French clarification.

The French Navy didn't stop at calling out the quotes; they methodically shredded every layer of the deceit. When pressed on Operation Sindoor during the event, Launay neither confirmed nor denied any Indian losses and flat-out refused to speculate on Chinese jamming tech. His role? Strictly overseeing the base where Rafale Marine planes are housed – no battlefield expertise or involvement in India-Pakistan dust-ups. The Navy also debunked bogus claims about Rafales struggling against Chinese J-10C fighters, noting the Captain never even mentioned them. This wasn't sloppy journalism; it was a calculated bid to boost Pakistan's image abroad, and France just slammed the door shut.

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Operation Sindoor itself was India's thunderous retaliation to the horrific April Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 innocent civilians lost their lives to Pakistan-backed militants. In a blitz of precision strikes, Indian forces obliterated terror camps across the border and Line of Control, wiping out hundreds of terrorists and catching Pakistani commanders off guard. India's air chief later boasted of downing six Pakistani jets in fierce aerial battles, with the operation wrapping up after Islamabad begged for a ceasefire amid heavy casualties. One Indian Rafale did crash due to a rare technical glitch – not enemy fire – as confirmed earlier by Dassault Aviation's CEO, further fueling Pakistan's fiction-spinning frenzy.

This latest flop underscores Pakistan's battlefield woes spilling into the information war, where desperate lies can't mask real defeats. As BJP leader Amit Malviya quipped online, Islamabad's "misinformation machinery" is now a global punchline, exposed by an unlikely ally in France. With every bust like this, India's unyielding strength shines brighter, proving that truth – not tall tales – wins the long game.

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