More than 20 Indian missiles broke through the Hongqi-9 interception, and Pakistan made a slight mistake: almost lost the whole game.

More than 20 Indian missiles penetrated the HQ-9 interception

India launched more than 100 French Storm Shadow cruise missiles and BrahMos supersonic missiles. About 20 missiles broke through and hit five military bases including the Shahbaz Air Base, Balali Air Base, Nur-Khan Air Base, and Mushaf Air Base in Pakistan.

After reading many reports from the Indian side, many people believe that this is the failure of the HQ-9 and HQ-16 air defense missile interception. From the entire terrain and defense system of Pakistan.

The country of Pakistan has little depth, and its air defense system is very limited. Pakistan only has about 3-4 HQ air defense missile systems and 6 HQ-16 air defense missile systems nationwide.

The Indian air defense force has approximately 1,400 SA-6, SA-8, SA-9, SA-13, and SA-16 air defense missile systems, S-400 air defense missiles, Barak-8 air defense missiles, Derby-ER air defense missiles, Python-5 air defense missiles, and Indian Akash air defense systems.

India's air defense system is numerous and well-deployed. Pakistan's air defense system is insufficient, mainly concentrated in the capital Islamabad and the major seaport city Karachi.

Key point, Pakistan has a weakness that India has discovered. India's BrahMos supersonic missiles are all high-altitude attacks, with the highest interception rate. However, India's Storm Shadow cruise missiles use ultra-low altitude sneak attacks.

Pakistan lacks low-altitude detection radars. Due to the curvature of the Earth, Pakistan can only detect Storm Shadow cruise missiles flying at ultra-low altitudes within about 30 kilometers. This makes it impossible for HQ-9 missiles with over 100-kilometer interception ranges or HQ-16 missiles with at least 50-kilometer interception distances to be effectively utilized.

If not for the insufficient number of Storm Shadow cruise missiles purchased by India, Pakistan might have suffered significant losses. Now, there are daily reports in Pakistan saying that they will buy J-35 stealth fighters this year.

However, while Pakistan is still repaying loans for J-10CE fighters, Type 054A frigates, and Type 039B submarines, if Pakistan truly has money, it should purchase more HQ-17 air defense systems and HQ-9C air defense systems to strengthen mid-to-low altitude and ultra-low altitude detection and interception capabilities.

Otherwise, the next time, India's missiles will conduct dense strikes at high and low altitudes, combining supersonic and subsonic attacks. They will aim to destroy Pakistan's air force on the ground at airports using supersonic missiles and cruise missiles.

Pakistan doesn't need J-35, but needs HQ-17

More importantly, the airbases attacked in Pakistan are all located too close to the border. Due to the lack of air defense systems, most HQ air defense missile systems are deployed in the capital Islamabad and the seaport city Karachi.

India's BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles can hit Pakistani airbases in about 3-5 minutes. There are no air defense systems to intercept them at these airbases. It's also not enough time for aircraft to take off and intercept.

If the Airborne Early Warning aircraft are used for long-term patrols to command fighter jets for interception, Pakistan's current ZDK-3 airborne early warning aircraft mainly operates in air combat mode and requires upgrades to enhance low-altitude detection and interception command capabilities.

Pakistan needs more HQ-17AE air defense systems to specifically protect airbases in border areas. First, build an impenetrable wall to protect the airbases, then strike against the Indian military.

The entire Indo-Pakistani conflict saw the HQ series air defense systems intercept 80% of India's missiles. Due to Pakistan's lack of low-altitude radars and the insufficient number of HQ missile launch vehicles, more than 20 Indian missiles still managed to penetrate.

However, overall, Pakistan's air defense exceeds India's air defense forces. According to CNN reports, even with India having far more air defense systems than Pakistan.

Pakistan hit at least 11 Indian airbases. This shows that the performance of the HQ air defense systems far surpasses various Russian, Indian, and Israeli air defense systems in India.

Indian sources report that during Operation Sindhu in Bihar, martyr Lambab Singh, who recently got married and was part of the Indian border S-400 air defense missile unit, died in action. This confirms that Pakistan's JF-17 Thunder fighter jets destroyed the S-400 air defense missile system.

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