{"id":93350,"date":"2025-04-27T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:41:14","slug":"indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian air force ridiculed after &#039;Bombing&#039; own People amid Tensions with Pakistan &#8211; Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"358\">SHIVPURI <em data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"358\">\u2013 <\/em>Another embarrassing blunder from Indian Air Force became the subject of international ridicule after a fighter jet accidentally dropped aerial store on civilian area in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Shivpuri district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"968\">Indian media claimed no casualties in the hilarious yet deadly incident, but some posts on social media reported massive damage and deaths and the destruction of several homes, which sparked outrage among locals. Social media is flooded with memes, sarcastic commentary, and biting criticism, branding the IAF as a force that needs more training than targets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"968\">In a post, Indian air force regrets damage caused today to property on the ground by the inadvertent drop of a non-explosive aerial store from an aircraft. It also mentioned forming an inquiry into the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"968\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-679025\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Air Force Ridiculed After Bombing Own People Amid Tensions With Pakistan \" width=\"891\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-1.jpg 891w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-1-320x136.jpg 320w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-1-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-1-420x178.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"1308\">Indian forces \u2013 which usually faced ire for blunders \u2013 come under fire by own people over shocking level of incompetence, especially at time when the country is facing mounting tensions with Pakistan. \u201cIf the IAF can\u2019t distinguish between enemy territory and its own people, what confidence can the public have in its defense capabilities?\u201d asked social media users said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1560\">Amid viral trends, US-based political influencer posted on X (formerly Twitter), calling the incident \u201cthe first casualties of the 2025 India-Pakistan war,\u201d further fueling speculation and satire worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-679026 perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"Indian Air Force Ridiculed After Bombing Own People Amid Tensions With Pakistan \" width=\"880\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-320x144.jpg 320w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-420x189.jpg 420w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-679026\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Air Force Ridiculed After Bombing Own People Amid Tensions With Pakistan \" width=\"880\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-320x144.jpg 320w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019-2-420x189.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">Netizens are calling incident disgraceful failure, pointing to glaring flaws in training, oversight, and basic operational discipline. This isn\u2019t just a mistake \u2014 it\u2019s a catastrophic failure of protocol, and it\u2019s made India\u2019s air defense look like a joke on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">As investigations continue, the Indian public is demanding answers, accountability, and immediate reforms. For now, though, the IAF is battling not just the fallout of the incident \u2014 but a bruised reputation that may take years to repair.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">Pakistan-India Tensions<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">Tensions are all time high between Pakistan and India and Islamabad has taken retaliatory actions against India, including closing its airspace, after a deadly attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">Pakistani denied any involvement in the attack, calling it \u201corchestrated\u201d. Islamabad also warned that any attempt by India to divert water from the Indus River would be seen as an \u201cact of war\u201d following India\u2019s withdrawal from a key water-sharing agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1863\">Indian Prime Minister Modi vowed to hunt down the attackers, and authorities in Kashmir have identified three suspects, two of whom are reportedly Pakistani nationals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7JC0SPvWN6\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/fir-in-pahalgam-attack-exposes-indian-govts-false-flag-operation-against-pakistan\/\">FIR in Pahalgam Attack exposes Indian Govt\u2019s False Flag Operation against Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content perfmatters-lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFIR in Pahalgam Attack exposes Indian Govt\u2019s False Flag Operation against Pakistan\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" data-secret=\"7JC0SPvWN6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/fir-in-pahalgam-attack-exposes-indian-govts-false-flag-operation-against-pakistan\/embed\/#?secret=pkzHEiueRS#?secret=7JC0SPvWN6\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFIR in Pahalgam Attack exposes Indian Govt\u2019s False Flag Operation against Pakistan\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/fir-in-pahalgam-attack-exposes-indian-govts-false-flag-operation-against-pakistan\/embed\/#?secret=pkzHEiueRS#?secret=7JC0SPvWN6\" data-secret=\"7JC0SPvWN6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHIVPURI \u2013 Another embarrassing blunder from Indian Air Force became the subject of international ridicule after a fighter jet accidentally dropped aerial store on civilian area in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Shivpuri district. Indian media claimed no casualties in the hilarious yet deadly incident, but some posts on social media reported massive damage and deaths and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/indian-air-force-ridiculed-after-bombing-own-people-amid-tensions-with-pakistan-pakobserver-679019.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}