Pahalgam terror attack: 26 killed
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No idea about how much stock Pakistan have.
But Pakistan being a narrow country, moving assets east or West is much easier than for a larger land mass like India.
Plus the fact that Pakistan army has very long experience of war in very difficult terrain and conditions. On the western borders with Afghanistan. That was never stopped for over 3 decade, and lessons were learned and baked into military strategy.
However there's still a shortage of the capacity of mass producing artillery shells .
I hope this time Modi doesn't start posing as air chief Marshall and ask IAF pilots to go hide in the clouds, as he did last time in February 2019
.I still remember his interview in which he said this
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Human error, the pilot flew into a hill.
No, ToT requirement wasn't met, money was fine. But as I said, I'm talking about the plan to import 60.
No. That version failed.
India respectfully saying do not try to mediate.
Enjoy the moment. Keep low expectations from future. Key to happiness.
EW can significantly degrade the performance of any radar with limited receiver channels. If the J-10C has 2 channels, like most American AESA radars, then 1 channel could be forced to use ECCM, so the remaining channel can only perform one task. This will make it easier to defeat the jet. Rafale's radar + M2000's EW can do the same task as 2 Rafales at that point. Both jets use stealth to make kills.
MKI can fight J-10 even with an inferior missile. It's more about tactics than longer reach. And when you fire the missile at its most efficient angle, like a ballistic profile, you get max range. So your job is to position yourself in such a way that the enemy doesn't get you with range. PAF simply messed up in 2019. What's more important is not the range but the second pulse which allows the ability to change your profile mid-flight.
Anyway, actual air combat happens at far lesser range than the max range of missiles. You fire missiles at max range if you don't intend to fight.
The only change in the IAF compared to 2020 is the sale of 36 Rafale aircraft, while Pakistan has about 100 advanced fighter jets using AESA radars and PL15. As for air defense missiles, China can airlift several battalions of S400 and HQ9B to Pakistan at any time.
The Pakistani Army is different. Although it has bought advanced equipment such as VT 4 and SH15, it still lacks effective accompanying air defense weapons. According to public information, India has attached great importance to the development of FPV in recent years, and has basically established drone teams at the brigade level. I have not found any video of the Pakistani Army using FPV. Pakistani Army lack weapons and equipment that can effectively counter FPV.
There will be a strike inside Pakistan,
now, the element of surprise is zero. We know it, Pakistan knows it, and so does everyone and their dogs!
After all this, a “Calibrated” strike will be very “anti-climatic”, albeit, possible.
Chances of IAF bashing “into” Pak airspace is not happening, no element of surprise with a peer level adversary.
So, things will most likely start off with a missile strike this time - this looks to be the most likely option at this time.
Then the question becomes this —
Only terror targets deep inside Pakistan or Military targets are also on the table?
My personal thoughts: Just terror targets make no sense, they are expendable and this was done by Pak army chief, so military is already involved - no reason why they should get a pass!
Based on the above, a full fledged strike on Pak mil infra followed by IBG thrust looks to be pretty par for the course!
All recent conflicts started off as major Military exercises, and we are doing quite a few large ones now!
now, the element of surprise is zero. We know it, Pakistan knows it, and so does everyone and their dogs!
After all this, a “Calibrated” strike will be very “anti-climatic”, albeit, possible.
Chances of IAF bashing “into” Pak airspace is not happening, no element of surprise with a peer level adversary.
So, things will most likely start off with a missile strike this time - this looks to be the most likely option at this time.
Then the question becomes this —
Only terror targets deep inside Pakistan or Military targets are also on the table?
My personal thoughts: Just terror targets make no sense, they are expendable and this was done by Pak army chief, so military is already involved - no reason why they should get a pass!
Based on the above, a full fledged strike on Pak mil infra followed by IBG thrust looks to be pretty par for the course!
All recent conflicts started off as major Military exercises, and we are doing quite a few large ones now!
They don't. The first operational unit is expected in 2026. IA is currently using Osa and Strela (both upgraded) for the same role.
We have Shilkas (upgraded) and Tunguskas (not upgraded), but we really needed Biho too.
So mobile ADS is currently our weakest link in the chain. At least we have dedicated CUAS.
Arjuns are not part of strike corps, they are meant to protect Rajasthan from PA's strike corps.
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