Chinese weaponry has stunned the world with its实战 performance, and Pakistan has become famous in one battle by destroying six Indian aircraft. The US military will be desperate: If PL-15 is this strong, what about PL-17?

India probably didn't expect that it would have six of its aircraft shot down during its confrontation with Pakistan, including its pride, the Rafale fighter jet.

The combat effectiveness of Chinese weaponry has also shocked the globe. When paired with the J-10 and FC-31 fighters, the PL-15 missile demonstrates an absolute advantage over Rafale and other fourth-generation semi-aircraft fighters.

The combat performance of the PL-15 missile has directly validated its beyond-visual-range strike capability - this missile, with a range exceeding 200 kilometers, locks onto and shoots down Indian aircraft before they can enter their effective range. Its dual-pulse engine and active radar guidance system enable the missile to maintain high maneuverability and precision even at the terminal stage, completely revolutionizing traditional air combat rules.

This time, not only India but also France has become a laughingstock, especially considering the debris of India's Rafale fighter's weapon rack and Mica missiles, which indicates that India's Rafale was shot down as soon as it took off and did not even have time to react.

Compared to India's "miscellaneous brands," Pakistan has preliminarily established an integrated information-based, digital, and networked command system for its three services through ZDK-03 early warning aircraft, ground communication relay command cabin, LINK-17 tactical data link system, ground tactical data processing center, and Pakistan National Service Network.

In the face of an integrated combat network, India's various aircraft lack interoperability and cannot build a unified combat network platform. Naturally, they are only left to be destroyed.

And now it’s the US turn to feel desperate. If PL-15 is this powerful, how will the US respond when faced with J-20 and J-16 carrying PL-17?

It should be noted that according to publicly available information, PL-17 is 6 meters long, equipped with a dual-pulse engine and bi-directional data link technology, with a range estimated to exceed 400 kilometers, possibly reaching 600 kilometers, sufficient to launch attacks outside the detection range of enemy AWACS.

The emergence of this "AWACS killer" directly threatens the E-3 Sentry and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AWACS relied on by the US military. The AIM-260 missile developed by the US to counter PL-15 has a range of only 200-300 kilometers and is already behind by a generation before it even enters service.

Pakistan has proven through实战 that the ability to build a systematic combat capability based on Chinese equipment is enough to counter opponents with larger scale but scattered technologies.

China's non-symmetric combat system built through radar and missiles foreshadows that future air combat will shift from platform confrontation to system博弈. Whoever can control ultra-long-range precision strikes and information network nodes will hold air supremacy.

India-Pakistan conflict reignites

Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1831431332479052/

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