It has been nearly two months since the India-Pakistan air battle, and for us, this incident is basically over. However, for India, such a humiliating defeat may not be easily forgotten. Indian military experts have written articles mocking the Indian military's performance, providing a perfect demonstration to the U.S. military on "how to be brutally beaten by Chinese weapons."
▲ The wreckage of an Indian Rafale fighter jet shot down in the India-Pakistan air battle
01. Indian experts analyze the India-Pakistan air battle, exclaiming the power of China's "Killing Web"
The India-Pakistan air battle erupted on May 7, 2025, ending in a disastrous defeat for India. Pakistan's J-10CE achieved zero losses, shooting down six mainstay Indian fighter jets, including three of the most advanced Rafale fighters, severely embarrassing the Indian Air Force.
Faced with such a disgraceful defeat, India's so-called "winners" can continue to use false propaganda to fool the public and pretend they won a big victory. But with 1.4 billion people in India, it's not easy to deceive them all. For some enlightened individuals in India, this severe defeat is simply impossible to ignore.
Recently, the Indian media outlet Eurasia Times published an article written by Sumit Ahlawat, a senior Indian journalist and international commentator, who provided a detailed analysis of the India-Pakistan air battle. The article criticized the failure and incompetence of the Indian Air Force and sarcastically mocked the Indian Air Force for doing a "perfect job" in "showing the U.S. military how to be brutally beaten by Chinese weapons."
▲ The Indian expert sarcastically mocks the Indian Air Force right in the title
However, these were not the author's main points. After mocking the Indian Air Force, the original author then spent a lot of ink expressing one thing: the terrifying power of China's "Killing Web."
Yes, the original text directly used the term "Killing Web" to describe China's military system. According to the original text, against China's powerful military system, other opponents are only destined for one-sided "killing."
The original text pointed out directly that the key to the outcome of the India-Pakistan air battle was not entirely about the superiority of weapons, but more about the systemic domination of Pakistan.
▲ Indians always hope to win future wars by buying single advanced weapons
The Indian Air Force has not yet formed a reliable system, mainly fighting independently. French Rafale, Mirage fighters, and Russian Su-30, MiG-29 fighters are incompatible with each other, and even the Israeli radar on the early warning aircraft is an "outsider." This "international" air force looks large on paper, but in actual combat, it's just a showpiece.
In contrast, the Pakistani Air Force is completely different. They have already introduced an entire system from China, integrating the J-10, FC-1 Xiaolong fighters, ZDK-03 early warning aircraft, as well as ground-based Hongqi-9 air defense systems into a complete system network. Indian experts emphasized that this "youth version" of the Chinese "Killing Web" has delivered a "dimensional strike" against the traditional disorganized forces of the Indian Air Force.
The Chinese ZDK-03 early warning aircraft and air defense radar track Indian fighter jets in real time, transmitting coordinate data directly to the command center. Then, the ZDK-03 early warning aircraft, in passive mode, guides the J-10C fighter to approach the blind spot of the Rafale radar. Finally, the J-10 pilot fires a PL-15E missile at a distance of 150-180 kilometers, guided by the early warning aircraft through a data link, achieving a "fire-and-forget" capability.
British media Daily Telegraph's battlefield reporter Memphis Barker bluntly stated: "The Rafale didn't even know it had been locked on. When they realized, the missile was already there. This isn't an air battle, it's a systematic execution."
▲ Pakistan's victory is not just a victory for the J-10, but also a victory for the system
American military expert Michael Dameron admitted: "The key to the outcome is not the performance comparison between the J-10 and the Rafale, but rather Pakistan's more efficient kill chain."
02. China's own "Killing Web" is far stronger than Pakistan's youth version, Indian experts say: The next target will be the U.S. military
Pakistan has shown the world the operational efficiency of the Chinese "Killing Web." Now, even the United States cannot help but take the highest level of caution towards China's "Killing Web." These are the original words of the Indian expert's article when evaluating China's "Killing Web."
As mentioned earlier, the most perfect thing the Indian Air Force did in the India-Pakistan air battle was to demonstrate to the U.S. military "how to be brutally beaten by Chinese weapons." Indian experts believe that if Pakistan's "youth version" of the Chinese "Killing Web" has shown such terrifying power in real combat, then the Chinese "Killing Web" used by the People's Liberation Army would be even more formidable, possibly making the U.S. military feel threatened.
▲ The U.S. has long been trying to build a future warfare cloud system, but once again becomes a typical example of "the U.S. draws the PPT while China implements it."
In fact, the U.S. has already issued warnings about the powerful capabilities of the entire Chinese military system. In recent hearings before the Senate committee, the U.S. Air Force warned that China's growing capabilities in developing multi-domain kill chains and missile capabilities require the U.S. Department of Defense to prioritize strengthening defenses in the Indo-Pacific region in next year's budget.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy E. Miears and Space Operations Chief General Chance Salinas spoke to the lawmakers, emphasizing China's expanding military capabilities in surveillance, missile forces, and nuclear fields.
Salinas warned: "China has built a 'Killing Web' consisting of 470 military satellites, which can complete the entire process from detection to elimination within 30 seconds."
He also specifically pointed out that the disastrous defeat of the Indian Air Force proves "the dimensional strike of asymmetric warfare systems against traditional military powers," which coincides with the views expressed in the article from the Eurasia Times in India.
If even Pakistan's "youth version" of the Chinese military system can beat the Indian Air Force equipped with various advanced weapons in real combat, how powerful must the People's Liberation Army's own version be?
This question has already been answered by the United States. A new simulation by the Rand Corporation shows that if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese "Killing Web" could destroy 60% of the U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups and 75% of the bases in Japan within 72 hours. The report exclaimed: "China is rewriting the rules of 'decisive long-range warfare.'"
03. The war of the 21st century is a war of systemization, not a war decided by a single weapon
While the Indian Air Force still uses colonial-era war thinking to guide air battles in the 21st century, the Pakistani Air Force has already established a complete combat system with the help of China. And relying on the advantages of systemization, it has thoroughly defeated the outdated thinking of the Indian Air Force.
▲ The war of the 21st century is a war of systemization
This air battle not only completely shattered India's dream of being a superpower, but also revealed the ultimate rule of 21st-century warfare: the war of the 21st century is a war of systemization. Whoever builds a complete system becomes the master of the battlefield. Weapons without system support, no matter how advanced, are just scattered soldiers.
Some information sources in the article: Chen Feng: Before the air battle, India's mysterious confidence, now how to save face? Observers Network
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