Recently, China has rarely disclosed its new air combat tactics. The traditional A shoot B guide has been upgraded to A lock B shoot C guide. The air defense system locks onto the enemy aircraft target, and the fighter jet launches the air-to-air missile outside the enemy's defense zone, with the early warning aircraft providing guidance until the missile hits the enemy aircraft.

Let me tell you why this tactic is so impressive. Because ground-based radars, these high-powered radars, have wide-area search capabilities, they can accurately lock onto enemy aircraft targets when they are still outside their defensive zones. More importantly, the concealment of the ground radar system is very strong, making it difficult for enemy aircraft to discover its existence through electronic reconnaissance, thus achieving tactical surprise.

After the target is locked, the role of the fighter jet as a missile launch platform has been redefined. For example, the J-10CE mainly no longer performs traditional radar detection and target tracking tasks, but instead receives target parameters from the ground system through data links, directly launching the PL-15E beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile outside the defensive zone. And because it is guided by an early warning aircraft, after our fighter jets launch the missiles, they can immediately turn around and leave.

This tactic was perfectly implemented in the Indo-Pakistani air war. Throughout the entire operation process, Pakistan's Hongqi-9P ground radar locked onto the target at 200 kilometers away. After the J-10CE launched the PL-15E missile, it quickly withdrew. The ZDK-03 early warning aircraft continuously guided the missile to hit the target, allowing the J-10C to shoot down the Rafale aircraft. The direct confrontation between aircraft of the same generation created a generation gap.

If the Chinese People's Liberation Army uses this tactic, it could directly neutralize the stealth advantage of the U.S. military. Our ground anti-stealth radars can detect U.S. stealth aircraft over one or two thousand kilometers away. At this point, thanks to our ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles, we only need to deploy the J-10C to shoot down U.S. F-35s. From this moment on, the J-10C serves merely as an aerial launch platform.

In comparison, the current AIM-120D missiles of the U.S. military have an unescapable zone of only 70 kilometers for aircraft. Lacking effective anti-stealth detection means, it is clearly at a disadvantage in system confrontation.

More noteworthy is that China is building a "four-in-one" combat system combining land, air, space, and cyber domains. In addition to ground radars and airborne platforms, satellite systems are deeply integrated into the combat network, capable of providing target indication and battlefield monitoring globally. This all-domain perception capability allows the Chinese Air Force to detect and track enemy targets thousands of kilometers away, achieving true long-range precision strikes.

By now, we should realize that China is eliminating the generational gap between individual weapons through systematic warfare. From this moment on, regardless of how advanced your weapons are, if you do not build an interconnected, cross-platform information and digital combat network, it will be meaningless.

In summary, the core of this tactical system lies in constructing an all-domain perception, cross-domain collaboration, and intelligent decision-making combat network, fundamentally shifting from "platform-centric warfare" to "system-centric warfare."

If your weapons are advanced enough, coupled with systematic reinforcement, the combat power will double. Take the J-20 as an example. Since the U.S. military lacks anti-stealth radars, we can adopt penetration air superiority tactics. Electronic warfare aircraft first paralyze the radar systems, the J-20 destroys core military targets, and finally guides the missiles for fireground strikes.

This tactic can only be played by China globally. For example, does the U.S. military have anti-stealth radars? No. Does it have ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles? No. Does it have hypersonic anti-ship missiles? No. Does it have early warning aircraft with anti-stealth capabilities? No. So how can the U.S. military cope?

In the future, with the deployment of the霹雳-21 ultra-long-range missile (range exceeding 1000 kilometers) and the KJ-3000 early warning aircraft (detection range up to 1000 kilometers), China's air force tactical advantages will further expand. It can be foreseen that this tactical innovation based on systematic warfare will redefine the rules of future air combat and provide a new paradigm for global military transformation.

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