On 7 July, Indian media outlet The Print reported that Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier had claimed one Indian Rafale may have been lost during a high-altitude training mission due to technical failure, citing the aircraft's SPECTRA system, which had detected no signs of hostile engagement, as evidence. However Dassault Aviation later claimed the reports were incorrect and issued a clarification: "In response to certain press reports quoting Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO, Eric Trappier, about the Sindoor operation, Dassault Aviation formally denies that Eric Trappier has made any operational or technical comments regarding the use of the Rafale in this operation."[259][260][261]
On 8 July, Indian media outlets attributed a statement to Ryan Bodenheimer, described as a former U.S. Air Force pilot, who claimed that India's use of the Rafale's X-Guard decoy system during recent operations was “the best spoofing and deception we’ve ever seen.” According to him, the small 30 kg device allegedly misled Pakistan's Chinese-made PL-15E missiles and J-10C fighter jets into targeting decoys instead of actual aircraft. According to Business Today, citing Jane’s Defence Weekly, some Pakistani claims of downing Rafales may have been hits on these decoys rather than the actual aircraft.[262]
Months have passed since India conducted Operation Sindoor to attack Pakistani terror and military establishments, yet stories of the tactics and ingenuity of the Indian Armed Forces continue to intrigue the world. It has now been reported that the Indian Air Force used the artificial intelligence-powered towed decoy system X-Guard on Indian Rafales during the four-day military conflict in May 2025.
A former F-16 pilot Ryan Bodenheimer, called Operation Sindoor, a breakthrough in modern aerial combat. Developed by Rafale Advanced Defense Systems, X-Guard creates a 500-watt, 360-degree jamming signal using artificial intelligence. The 30-kilogram device follows the aircraft along a fibre-optic wire that is 100 meters long. It makes it harder for adversary radar systems and missiles to spot genuine aircraft by simulating the radar emissions and Doppler effect of an authentic Rafale fighter.
Bodenheimer dubbed the X-Guard “the best spoofing and deception we’ve ever seen.” The former F-16 pilot added that the decoy system may have “redefined the rules of electronic warfare.”
As per the IDRW report, Pakistan’s Chinese-made PL-15E air-to-air missiles and J-10C fighter jets failed to detect or target the actual Indian fighter jets. The decoy misled missile systems and confounded enemy radar. An export variant of China’s PL-15, the PL-15E missile, lacked sophisticated spoofing resistance. It’s also possible that the X-Guard tricked Pakistan’s J-10C fighters’ KLJ-7A AESA radar into believing they had locked onto and struck Rafale jets.
美《新闻周刊》9日报道，中国先进战斗机又将拓展新的出口方向，随着埃及已经接收了首批8架歼10CE战斗机（采购总量40架及配套武备与系统），伊朗也提出了采购40架歼10CE的申请。
不过还未见到我国明确的答复，只有国防部新闻发言人蒋斌的表态：“我们在军品出口方面一贯坚持慎重、负责的态度，愿与友好国家分享中国装备发展成果，为地区与世界和平稳定发挥建设性作用。”因此我推测，这笔40架歼10CE的出口有可能不会成功。
伊朗现有的空军主力F-14早已不堪使用，眼见到巴基斯坦用歼10CE创造了对印度阵风作战的亮丽成绩，于是就想要引进歼10CE，是可以理解的。
然而巴基斯坦取胜是依托了多年来打造的作战体系，即战斗机+高效的共享数据链+预警机+地面雷达+空中电子干扰/侦察机。
伊朗虽急需建设空中守卫能力，但在短时间内根本无法引进和掌握这整套的作战体系，何况伊朗财政现况也难以一下子就拿出足够的资金，而且还曾有过信用不良的记录。
可以设想，如果伊朗只派出歼10CE去单打独斗，面对以色列在预警机支持下的隐身F35，再加上飞行员素质和战场电磁控制权也占不了上风，结果不仅伊朗会遭受失利的悲剧，同时也会坏了我国战机的声誉。
所以伊朗在重建空中力量时，基于自己的电子技术太落后，先考虑从我国引进反隐形雷达，可以在重要设施附近探测F35，有效地进行防空，而不是盲目地自杀式空战。
On 7 July, Indian media outlet The Print reported that Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier had claimed one Indian Rafale may have been lost during a high-altitude training mission due to technical failure, citing the aircraft's SPECTRA system, which had detected no signs of hostile engagement, as evidence. However Dassault Aviation later claimed the reports were incorrect and issued a clarification: "In response to certain press reports quoting Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO, Eric Trappier, about the Sindoor operation, Dassault Aviation formally denies that Eric Trappier has made any operational or technical comments regarding the use of the Rafale in this operation."[259][260][261]
On 8 July, Indian media outlets attributed a statement to Ryan Bodenheimer, described as a former U.S. Air Force pilot, who claimed that India's use of the Rafale's X-Guard decoy system during recent operations was “the best spoofing and deception we’ve ever seen.” According to him, the small 30 kg device allegedly misled Pakistan's Chinese-made PL-15E missiles and J-10C fighter jets into targeting decoys instead of actual aircraft. According to Business Today, citing Jane’s Defence Weekly, some Pakistani claims of downing Rafales may have been hits on these decoys rather than the actual aircraft.[262]
Months have passed since India conducted Operation Sindoor to attack Pakistani terror and military establishments, yet stories of the tactics and ingenuity of the Indian Armed Forces continue to intrigue the world. It has now been reported that the Indian Air Force used the artificial intelligence-powered towed decoy system X-Guard on Indian Rafales during the four-day military conflict in May 2025.
A former F-16 pilot Ryan Bodenheimer, called Operation Sindoor, a breakthrough in modern aerial combat. Developed by Rafale Advanced Defense Systems, X-Guard creates a 500-watt, 360-degree jamming signal using artificial intelligence. The 30-kilogram device follows the aircraft along a fibre-optic wire that is 100 meters long. It makes it harder for adversary radar systems and missiles to spot genuine aircraft by simulating the radar emissions and Doppler effect of an authentic Rafale fighter.
Bodenheimer dubbed the X-Guard “the best spoofing and deception we’ve ever seen.” The former F-16 pilot added that the decoy system may have “redefined the rules of electronic warfare.”
As per the IDRW report, Pakistan’s Chinese-made PL-15E air-to-air missiles and J-10C fighter jets failed to detect or target the actual Indian fighter jets. The decoy misled missile systems and confounded enemy radar. An export variant of China’s PL-15, the PL-15E missile, lacked sophisticated spoofing resistance. It’s also possible that the X-Guard tricked Pakistan’s J-10C fighters’ KLJ-7A AESA radar into believing they had locked onto and struck Rafale jets.
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