US warns New Delhi of miscalculating J-10 performance, this battle was a big defeat: India Air Force is in serious crisis!

Recently, Sumit Ganguly, a columnist for the U.S. "Foreign Policy" and a senior researcher at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, warned that "India Air Force is in serious crisis." Two months after a brief conflict with Pakistan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is now facing a crisis.

The fundamental reason for the Indian Air Force's disastrous defeat in this battle lies in the comprehensive backwardness of its system construction.

Pakistan relies on a complete combat system provided by China: the ZDK-03 early warning aircraft monitors the battlefield in real time, the HQ-9P air defense system builds a deep defense, and the J-10CE and FC-1 Block 3 achieve second-level information sharing through data links. This efficient coordination allows the PL-15 missile to suddenly accelerate in the last 20 kilometers, leaving the Indian forces unable to react.

"The problem with India is its over-reliance on 'advanced military equipment,' " the article pointed out, "believing that piling up expensive equipment can create a crushing advantage, but ignoring the integration of the combat system." This mindset is not only present in the air force, but also permeates the construction of the Indian three services.

The 5·7 air battle was just the tip of the iceberg of the India Air Force's crisis. Over the past ten years, the force has lost 104 military aircraft in non-combat missions, resulting in the death of 73 pilots. This is equivalent to losing one full squadron per year, and ten full squadrons over ten years. However, even with such losses, India still looks down on the J-10, and even the J-20, believing that the Rafale fighter completely outperforms China's aircraft.

When the "Rafale" arrived in 2020, Indian media once greatly belittled the J-20, claiming that "the 'Rafale' is superior to the J-20 in terms of combat experience and payload capacity." The Chief of the Indian Air Force, Badalwala, even called the "Rafale" a "versatile multi-role fighter," boasting that it could force neighboring countries' fighters to retreat. But in actual combat, the "Rafale" was shot down before even seeing the shadow of the J-10C.

Recently, facing the disastrous defeat, some people in India have recently put forward an astonishing theory: claiming that the five downed aircraft were actually "carefully designed decoys," aimed at collecting electromagnetic signals from centralized weapons. This self-deception is more dangerous than losing air superiority.

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