Shooting of Rafale by Pakistan
Currently there is an unverified theory in progress that Rafale was shot down in an ambush laid by Pakistani J-10 fighters in which when the Rafale on May 7th was on missile/bombing run, a J10 fighter of Pakistan with its radar switched off was flying 150 km away and unleashed its PL-15E missile. The missile had its data link and radar switched off so the Indian Rafale did not notice it coming. When it was 30 km away, either the Pakistani fighter or the AWACS flying activated its data link and the radar and sent it home to the Rafale fighter jet.
The missile was homing in next few short seconds that did not give the Rafale jet time enough to escape or start its evasive maneuvers and the missile homed in on the Rafale.
It is easier to theorize on above. Reasons:
1. Indian General at Singapore said that losses part of the war and they changed tactics for the next attack on May 10th hence no losses later. That means there were losses earlier.
2. The French AFP has been claiming that Rafale pilot had no time to react or had no skill to escape under a very clever stressful situation of few seconds.
Hence, if you put two and two together and think then the above scenario looks very possible.