Pakistan continues to claim Rafale kill; warmonger Asim Munir warns of 'unimaginable' retaliation if hostilities are triggered

Even as tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to escalate, Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir appears to be more focused on training his guns on India and claiming victory in the May military stand-off between the two countries. 

Speaking at a passing out parade at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Munir said Pakistan would "respond much beyond the expectations of the initiators" if fresh hostilities are triggered.

“With diminishing distinctions between conflict and communication zones, the reach and lethality of our weapon systems will shatter the misconceived immunity of India’s geographic warspace," he claimed, reported Dawn.

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The reference to "geography" in Munir's speech could possibly be seen as a response to a warning issued by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a few weeks ago when he said any misadventure by Islamabad in the Sir Creek sector will invite a "decisive response" that could be strong enough to change both "history and geography."

He warned that the retributive military and economic losses inflicted by Pakistan against India will be "beyond the imagination and calculation of the perpetrators of chaos and instability.”

According to him, the recent military conflict between the two countries further strengthened the confidence of the people of Pakistan in the competence and far-reaching capabilities of its armed forces.

He reiterated that Pakistan downed India's Rafale fighters and targeted multiple military bases, including S-400s, and claimed that these showcased the multi-domain warfare capabilities of Pakistan. 

"...Pakistan once again came out victorious against a treacherous enemy marked by strategic blindness and naivety, and filled with hubris and rhetoric about its misguided hegemonic ambitions. India’s eagerness to adjudge culpability, aversion to neutral investigations and staking self-created evidence was indicative of politicisation of terrorism for vested interests of the ruling regime,” he claimed. 

According to him, Pakistan won the "admiration" of people inside the country and outside "because of the legitimacy and the clear victory against a numerically superior adversary."

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