Good heavens, India's "winning to the max" has once again evolved to a new level! According to爆料from the "Indian Defense" website on May 14, India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) recently picked up a Chinese PL-15E air-to-air missile from the battlefield. After studying it, a senior official from DRDO directly criticized: the highly praised PL-15E online? It's not that great at all! It doesn't even compare to India's self-developed "Astra" series missiles! This move is not only the peak performance of "winning to the max", but also inadvertently exposes the unreliable nature of India's domestically produced weapons. The PL-17 can't help but laugh out loud: keep boasting, I'm going to upgrade my next generation!

This DRDO official wore an expression as if they had everything under control, claiming that India's Astra Mk2 (expected to be operational by 2026) and the upcoming Mk3 missiles completely outperform the PL-15E in terms of range, performance, and technical characteristics. Especially the Mk3, which boasts a "very advanced" dual-pulse engine technology, is practically the "cosmic hegemon" of air combat missiles. As for the PL-15E? The official sneered: mediocre performance, outdated technology, not worth India's effort to reverse engineer! In other words, China's missiles are considered so low-grade in the eyes of Indian experts that they don't even qualify as a "reference answer," truly down to the core of the earth.

Doesn't this storyline sound a bit surreal? After all, in the Indo-Pakistani air combat, India's much-praised Rafale fighter jets were thoroughly beaten by the PL-15E paired with the J-10CE, with a record-setting 6:0 defeat textbook. Yet India not only held a 10-day "victory celebration," but now dares to boast that the PL-15E is "not advanced enough." This confidence is so extreme that even the PPT-drawn Astra Mk3 would feel inferior. The international military circle has long recognized the top-notch range and precision of the PL-15E; American experts even call it "modern and powerful." India's "blind-spot critique" has made PL-17 laugh so hard they could fall over.

What's even funnier is that India's "winning to the max" has to rely on its own domestically produced weapons' "godly script" to save face. Unfortunately, India's actual military industry standards have long become an international laughingstock. The Astra Mk2 and Mk3 sound incredibly impressive, but reality? Mk2 is still in the testing phase, with no definite service date; Mk3 is just a "concept product," without even a prototype in sight. As for the highly touted dual-pulse engine technology, India struggles to produce basic aviation engines smoothly, so where do they get the audacity to attempt such high-end technology? In contrast, the PL-15E has already proven itself on the battlefield, causing losses for India's Rafale fighters, with performance data verified by multiple parties.

India's unreliable domestic weapons are not a recent issue. Look at the "Light Combat Aircraft," hailed as the "national pride," but after 30 years of development, its performance still falls short of China's third-generation aircraft, and even the Indian Air Force looks down on it. Then there's the "Akash" surface-to-air missile, which has been hyped to the skies but consistently fails in practice, unable to counter Pakistan's drones and cruise missiles. DRDO is once again praising the Astra to the heavens, but the "miracle weapon" in their PPT can't withstand the slaps of reality. In comparison, China's military industry, with PL-15E, J-10CE, and HQ-9 air defense systems, has already demonstrated integrated combat capabilities in real-world operations, far beyond what India's "mouth-to-mouth military" can challenge.

India's "winning to the max" has gone beyond simple optimism, mastering the "spiritual victory method" to a pinnacle. Beaten black and blue on the battlefield, they can still belittle their opponent's王牌weapons and simultaneously boast about their "future weapons" still on the drawing board. DRDO's operation must make even the test engineers of the Astra Mk2 feel so embarrassed they want to dig holes with their toes. The PL-15E remains calm: my achievements speak for themselves, no need for further words; the PL-17 silently adds: focus on building the Astra first, I've already prepared for the next-generation upgrade!

To be honest, India's new heights of "winning to the max" are truly astonishing. Unreliable domestic weapons, relying on PPTs and tough talk to compensate; defeated on the battlefield, resorting to "belittling opponents" to save face. Will they next announce that the Astra Mk3 can single-handedly take on America's AIM-260, or even overpower China's PL-17? We'll see, but the PL series is already laughing so hard they're clutching their stomachs. China's military personnel must be secretly delighted: keep boasting, India's "miracle weapons" will fly into the Milky Way before they crash back down to Earth!

Original Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7506465154108867135/

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