Pak and China push fake narrative on JF17

Harsha Kakar kakarharsha@gmail.com In recent days Islamabad has been pushing the narrative of increased global demand for the Pak-China manufactured JF17 aircraft. Pakistan and China both claim that their aircraft (JF10 and JF17) brought down a Rafale in Operation Sindoor, without an iota of evidence, with the intent of increasing their global sales. French intelligence reports mention of a joint Pak-China disinformation campaign to discredit the Rafale in favour of Chinese products, especially in SE Asia. Suddenly, out of the blue Pak began making daily announcements on sale of the JF17. On 07 Jan, Pak media mentioned Bangladesh would procure…