This will be an eye opening for the rocket force fan boys. There are many out thete rocket force alone will bring victory at the expense of air force.Sheer dumb luck that the Iranians do not have an air force. Had they had even a 100 jets with strike capabilities, the attacks would have been double as intensive.

It is as useless as tanks in modern warfare. Rocket forces can supplement you in war when you have a strong airforce and navy. Iranians had fired thousands of rockets, apart from finacial implications of SAMs usage it didn't bring any meaningful dent to Israel or US or Arab countries.Our upcoming Rocket Force is exactly for the purpose that you alluded to![]()
Being a NATO country, what Spain had done is against the ethics.What does he mean here?
What does he mean here?
Yes, delayed like most of our other projects. But deployment of Pralay, development of longer range(300kms) rocket artillery etc. are steps in the right direction. We will get there![]()
I have seen no pictures of a USN warship docked in India or heading to India for now. Could not find any sources to corroborate the claim if that is what was being implied.What does he mean here?
Pakistan only listens to orders from Bade Saheb
The Turks modified the f-4 to f-4E terminator standard with ability to fire som j cruise missiles. Now the Iranians could atleast integrate cruise missiles and guided munitions to the f-4 and f-14 to atleast have missile truck like capabilities.Their F-4s and F-14s are over 50 years old, museum pieces. Their F-5 rebuilds are mediocre. None of these can stand up to even a single squadron advanced air force, never mind the USAF and IsAF.
Their only choice was developing an indigenous industry after 1989 but failed. So they went after nukes, but had to stop to prevent a ground invasion. So they chose assymetric warfare using drones and missiles. Where they screwed up is not getting proper Russian/Chinese networking tech for their air defenses and advanced EW and comm systems. Anyway air defenses cannot survive without top cover from fighter jets.

News from Feb 26,I haven't seen that much use of MANPADs in this war.
Some SHORADS but nothing much.
Ig, iranians do not have older igla's or verba.
Barak-8 ig,
Now this is interesting. Is it Akash AD or Barak & which country...![]()
They aren't. A rocket force gives you lot of bargaining power. The Iranians have kind of held the arab world at gunpoint with these missiles strikes but the fact remains their entire capability is limited to drones and missiles. Their AD is questionable infact considering they couldn't even protect the Ayatollah. The Iranians are only being taken seriously because of their rocket force once they extinguish their stockpiles it will be a cake walk for Nato and Israel. But that will take a lot of time.It is as useless as tanks in modern warfare. Rocket forces can supplement you in war when you have a strong airforce and navy. Iranians had fired thousands of rockets, apart from finacial implications of SAMs usage it didn't bring any meaningful dent to Israel or US or Arab countries.
Akash is not
Now this is interesting. Is it Akash AD or Barak & which country...![]()
'd, so that's not it.
AD we have anyway? And is barak really
? I was of opinion that it was indiginised to good extent, not withstanding that it's jointly developed to begin with . Yeah, exactly, don't know what Hellfire is trying to say over here.Akash is not'd, so that's not it.
How manyAD we have anyway? And is barak really
? I was of opinion that it was indiginised to good extent, not withstanding that it's jointly developed to begin with .
So, what else are there?
in India by KRAS.Americans would probably jam or tinker with the radars of these SAMs using Growlers or other assets when conducting ops using F22/F35 and then pin the blame on Iranians. Pak and Saudi anyways dont necessarily have the capability to discern who is jamming their radars.
Supposedly, Pakistan has deployed Chinese-made LY-80 (export version of HQ-16) medium-range SAMs to Saudi Arabia under the Mutual Defence Agreement signed in 2025:
The systems will be operated under Pakistani command.
Don't know how much truth there is to this report but if this is accurate, the potential for serious deconfliction errors in the overall C&C of the region is massive. A Chinese ADS operating in a battlespace managed by US datalinks & networks could be a disaster waiting to happen.
Not to mention the security risk of US stealth aircraft radar signatures being potentially recorded/compromised by the HQ-16/LY-80's accompanying radar systems. It's a given that F-35s, F-22s and other stealth aircraft in the region are operating in active combat missions without their Luneberg lenses.
Yes. But actual raising just like full-theaterisation is some time away.The rocket forces just places our existing units under a new vertical. The actual raising of rocket forces is already happening in the army.
Neither tanks nor Rocket Force is useless. In fact, they are vital tools of winning any war. As stunning as it looks, air-dominance can't win you actual wars without boots on ground. And above two(especially the latter) are perfect tools of just doing that.It is as useless as tanks in modern warfare. Rocket forces can supplement you in war when you have a strong airforce and navy. Iranians had fired thousands of rockets, apart from finacial implications of SAMs usage it didn't bring any meaningful dent to Israel or US or Arab countries.