Analysis War game: Next India-Pakistan conflict

F16 Block 70 brings EW suite updates and sensor fusion (majorly useful if you have a networked system with F-35s or similar in the mix).

APG-83 AESA has better tracking and acquisition which is all weather targeting, engagement time is quicker, has got digital colour map which can be zoomed or slewed. There are some structural changes to reduce RCS as well. Better engine. Can be well integrated with other networks not necessarily 5th gen fighters.

But not to forget that a 60 years old Mig21 engaged well with F16 Block 52, so may be LCA Mk1/1a could play a great role. You never know.

OTOH, HIMARS and/or ATACMS can be troublesome for India, I am not fully sure if it can provide a guaranteed strike capability to Pakistan - I believe it can be intercepted but does pose significant problems due it being mobile in nature and will definitely perform better than their Fatah series of junk.

Depends on the quantity they have. India can replenish almost 70% of all the requirements Pakistan can't replenish anything.
 

-Don't compare 2008 with 2025
-17 years have gone by and lot of things happened
-defense preparedness wasn't good back then.
- assets were not enough
-11 of those 17 under the govt he opposes.
- Record shows the real work started happening in 2014.

If this is not an admission of the haphazard governance and national security , what is?

Still, for some literate "analyst".. they prefer them🤦
 
With a one-front war as given, India should expect that as long as Pakistan has the will to fight, China will provide the necessary means. Taking Ukraine/Russia war as input, India needs to be prepared to expend the following:

Weapon CategoryPeak Monthly Count (Max Estimate)
Artillery rounds fired2,100,000 rounds / month
Drone strikes / attacks5,500 strikes / month
Missiles launched (cruise + ballistic)500 launches / month
Air-defense interceptors expended4,000 intercepts / month
Heavy equipment destroyed (tanks, IFVs, artillery, etc.)2,000 units / month
 
I thought it might also be interesting to identify which weapon category produced the most casualties in the RU/UA war to draw lessons for India's next conflict:

Method / Year2022202320242025
Artillery75%65%20%15%
Drones5%10%60%65%
Missiles & Airstrikes5%5%10%10%
Small Arms Fire8%7%3%2%
Mines & IEDs5%10%5%5%
Other2%3%2%3%
 
I think it's sort of moral support for other neighbouring country..

Like our exercise put pak on alert and cannot direct resources to its Afgan border .

Yunus will have to be suicidal even if have to support that much..
It ll give India license to act.
 
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