We are in a combat scenario and losses are a part of it." That was

Air Marshal A K Bharti

's reply to a question on whether India had lost any platforms, including Rafales, during Operation Sindoor. "All our pilots are back home," he added during the combined defence presser on Sunday.The Air Marshal went further. "The question we must ask is have we achieved our objective of decimating their terrorist camps? The answer to that is a thumping 'yes'." "As for details about what we lost, I wouldn't comment at this time as we're still in a combat situation and any comment would be to the adversary's advantage," he said.