Indian Missile Hits Pakistan Nuclear Storage Facility
Latest reports indicate that an Indian missile hit one of the storage facilities for nuclear weapons in Kirana Hills (Black Mountain) in Pakistan. Although, it only hit one of the many channels leading to the underground bunker.
Nevertheless, this marks the first time in history that a storage facility of a nuclear-armed state has been attacked. This conflict between India and Pakistan has provided practical validation of India's missile strike capability and the interception ability of the HQ-9 missile defense system.
In general, India's missile strike capability is subpar, and there is still room for improvement in the HQ-9 air defense system. India's Air Force launched over 100 BrahMos supersonic missiles and dozens of French Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Based on current assessments, the hit rate is approximately 20%, with only four or five instances of true precision hits. These included a hangar at Pakistan's Nur Khan Airbase, as well as associated structures and an empty runway.
India launched over 100 missiles and more than 100 drones, yet their results were worse than Ukraine’s. Ukraine almost always manages to hit at least one ammunition depot, fuel depot, or factory target with each drone attack. India's low precision rate is alarming.
Overall, while the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has high speed and decent penetration capabilities, its accuracy is abysmal. A missile with a range of 250 kilometers is less precise than Iran and Yemen's Houthi medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of 2,200 kilometers.
However, the HQ-9 air defense system also revealed certain issues. Approximately five military bases in Pakistan were hit, along with one missile striking a nuclear facility.
In actual combat, the HQ series successfully intercepted Indian Prithvi tactical ballistic missiles, BrahMos supersonic missiles, S-400 missiles, and Storm Shadow cruise missiles. India achieved about a 20% success rate in terms of penetration.
Now, this was against the relatively weaker Indian Air Force. In a high-intensity theater like the Asia-Pacific, facing multiple standoff strike missiles and high-density precision munitions from the U.S., many problems would undoubtedly arise.
Of course, this is also related to India focusing its attacks on targets in southern Pakistan. Pakistan's air defense systems are mainly concentrated around the capital and nearby areas. Overall, India's ground strikes are below standard, and Pakistan's air defense capabilities are average.
Someone High Up Is Backing India
However, the electronic warfare systems produced in our country that Pakistan used proved quite reliable. Pakistan managed to interfere extensively with India's Israeli Harpy drones, as well as the satellite navigation guidance and terrain-matching systems of the BrahMos supersonic missiles, causing many Indian missiles and drones to miss their targets entirely.
That said, it can be confirmed that someone high up is backing India. First, India obtained high-resolution satellite images, allowing them to analyze in real-time that Pakistan's southern and central air defenses were weak, with the main air defense systems concentrated in major cities such as Islamabad and Karachi.
India's missiles specifically targeted Pakistan's weak defense points. Without these real-time high-resolution satellite images, India would not have been able to achieve this.
Pakistan has only three HQ-9 missile battalions and six HQ-16 air defense missile battalions. All six HQ-16 air defense systems are deployed at major army and air force bases. Three HQ-9 air defense battalions, one in Islamabad and one in Karachi.
Therefore, India must have discovered the exact locations of Pakistan's air defense missile systems through real-time satellite images, which enabled them to launch targeted missile attacks.
Secondly, the large number of missiles and drones launched by India required high-intensity satellite guidance signals. Only with both high-intensity satellite guidance signals and real-time high-resolution satellite imagery could India conduct such dense missile breakthrough strikes.
Many people say that the Silent Hunter laser system played a crucial role. In fact, the Silent Hunter laser system has a range of only 800 meters. It has virtually no effect on intercepting India's Israeli Harpy anti-radiation drones or BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles.
In reality, even HQ-9 and HQ-16 missiles find it difficult to intercept drones. Patriot, S-400, and Buk systems have already proven this on the Ukrainian battlefield. Pakistan primarily relied on large-caliber anti-aircraft guns to intercept Indian drones.
From this Indo-Pakistani war, it can be seen that India following Russia (the Soviet Union) for decades has finally led them down a dead-end path.
India lost the air battle and its missile attacks were a mess. This is exactly the same as what happened with Russia in Ukraine—they both suffered losses due to a lack of systemic warfare. Without a complete operational system to fully integrate all combat units, missiles emphasize speed but lack accuracy.
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