Indo-China Border & LAC

[Blood+]

We also have BMP-2s in hundreds and free license to produce more.

My point is not that.

J20 -> 5th Gen
Type 15 -> Best mountain tank
Type 99 -> Best MBT
J10-> Rafale equivalent
PL-15 -> 150km range

Yeah, I will take these claims with a salt mine. A pragmatic approach will be to 1/2 what the Chinese originally claim.

More like 2/3, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Psacha123]

Looks like the Chinese are not happy at all with the LAC deal (and maybe Xi?). This was quickly censored on their SM.
Insightful thread too.


View: https://x.com/aravind/status/1852003178008715425?s=46

 

[GaudaNaresh]

We also have BMP-2s in hundreds and free license to produce more.

My point is not that.

J20 -> 5th Gen
Type 15 -> Best mountain tank
Type 99 -> Best MBT
J10-> Rafale equivalent
PL-15 -> 150km range

Yeah, I will take these claims with a salt mine. A pragmatic approach will be to 1/2 what the Chinese originally claim.

This pov may suit a yankee-centric/nato-centric outlook on PLAAF, but certainly not IAF.
Because even if Chinese maal is 50% as good as it is claimed, we are still screwed : we are facing greater than 5:1 odds against if they bring their full AF to bear. 1 Su-30/Rafale for every 5 J-20/J10 ? yeah, we are screwed. We'd be at best, in the position of 'ze germans' in the battle of kursk. With better maal, but so hopelessly outnumbered that quantity wins.

India cannot begin to take the threat of PLAAF lightly without reaching at least 1:2 parity against them in sheer number of active squadrons.