India's Military Is Quite Deadly - China and Pakistan Should Worry

[BringHarmony]

Bullshit article in a bullshit publication.

 

[CrazyZ]

Paid Opinion Piece. RAW is trying to impress the Americans before the Trump visit. No way India can fight a two front war with Pakistan and China.

 

[PradoTLC]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...deadly-china-and-pakistan-should-worry-124671

by Kyle Mizokami


Key point: India is faced on two sides by powerful, nuclear-armed countries it has fought wars with—China and Pakistan.


India occupies one of the most strategically important locations in the world. A short distance from the Persian Gulf, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, India has been an important hub for ideas, trade and religion for thousands of years.


That geographic positioning has its disadvantages. India is faced on two sides by powerful, nuclear-armed countries it has fought wars with—China and Pakistan.

India’s most formidable rival is China, with whom it fought a short, sharp border war with in 1962. China’s growing military has transformed it from a mainly ground-based threat to a multifaceted one with powerful assets in the air, at sea and even in space.

India’s second most powerful rival is Pakistan, which was also part of the British Raj. India and Pakistan have fought four wars since 1947, and frequently appear on the verge of a fifth.


Complicating matters for India, the two countries are allies. Advances in military technology mean India’s large reserves of manpower are no longer as useful as they once were, and India will need to favor the former over the latter if it wants to match—and deter—Chinese and Pakistani forces.

AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III Attack Helicopter


Indian selection of the AH-64D Apache as its future attack helicopter is a prime example of technology over manpower. The Apache’s versatility means that it will be able to do everything from engage tank formations in a conventional war to hunt guerrillas in a counterinsurgency operation.

The heavily armed, fast-moving Apache can counter a number of land-based threats to India, sensing enemy armored vehicles with its mast-mounted millimeter-wave radar and destroying them with Hellfire missiles, Hydra-70 anti-armor rockets and a 30mm chain gun. The helicopter can also detect insurgents under heavy cover using its thermal imaging sensor and engage them with anti-personnel rockets or the 30mm chain gun.

Unlike other attack helicopters, the Apache has a proven combat record, destroying armor in Iraq and decimating Taliban hiding in the hillsides of Afghanistan.

INS Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier

Commissioned in November 2013, INS Vikramaditya is India’s newest aircraft carrier and the only aircraft carrier that calls the Indian Ocean home. In the event of war, Vikramaditya will be used to blockade Karachi, Pakistan’s largest port, or sever China’s economic lifeline to the Persian Gulf and beyond.

Vikramaditya is 282 meters long and displaces 44,000 tons, making her about 20 percent smaller than China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning. Unlike Liaoning, however, she is a fully operational carrier, with an air wing capable of executing air superiority, anti-surface, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare. The carrier air wing is expected to consist of twenty-four MiG-29K or Tejas multirole fighters and ten anti-submarine warfare helicopters. India has ordered forty-five MiG-29Ks.


Vikramaditya will operate as the centerpiece of a full carrier battle group, protected by the new Kolkata air-defense destroyers. A further two carriers of indigenous designs are planned, bringing India’s total carrier force to three.

BrahMos Anti-Ship Missile

A joint Indian-Russian project, BrahMos is a short-range supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from a wide variety of platforms. BrahMos is one of the most advanced missiles in the world, capable of hitting targets on land and at sea with precision. The versatility of BrahMos means it could equally target enemy ships and terrorist training camps with ease.

A ramjet propels BrahMos to speeds of up to Mach 3, or 1,020 meters a second. The anti-ship version is a so-called “sea skimmer,” flying just over the wavetops to give enemies as little as 35 seconds’ warning time.

Depending on the variant and method of launch, BrahMos is armed with a 440-660 pound penetrating high explosive warhead and has a range of 186-310 miles.

The combination of speed and hitting power makes BrahMos a particular concern to the Pakistani Navy, whose surface ships lack adequate area air defenses. Even the Chinese Navy will find BrahMos formidable, as it would face the daunting prospect of a Mach 3 missile threat launched by aircraft, coastal defense batteries, destroyers and submarines.

Su-30MKI Fighter

One of India’s newest fighters is an updated design dating back to the late 1970s. An evolution of the Su-27 Flanker, the Su-30MKI has been extensively upgraded, and the result is a long-range, twin-engine fighter with a powerful radar and amazing twelve hard points for the attachment of weapons.


The Su-30MKI’s air-to-air armament includes R-73 infrared guided missiles and R-77 and R-27 radar-guided missiles. Of particular interest is the upcoming Novator K-100 “AWACS killer” missile, capable of engaging targets at up to 300 to 400 kilometers. Against targets on the ground, the Su-30MKI can employ laser-guided bombs, Kh-59 standoff land-attack missiles and the BrahMos missile.

The Indian Air Force has 200 Su-30MKIs air superiority fighters in service with another seventy-two on order. A portion of the IAF’s Su-30MKI force has been modified by Israel for the strategic reconnaissance role.

INS Chakra Nuclear Attack Submarine

India’s first nuclear attack submarine, INS Chakra, started life as a Russian Navy submarine funded to completion by the Indian Navy in return for a ten-year lease.

Based on the Soviet Union’s Akula II class, Chakra displaces 8,000 tons, making it more than twice as large as any of India’s German-made Type 209 or Russia Kilo class submarines. It can sustain a speed of 30 knots submerged and can dive to a depth of 520 meters. The submarine has eight submarine tubes enabling it to launch regular homing torpedoes, Kh-55 “Granat” cruise missiles, and “Shkval” supercavitating torpedoes, capable of traveling at 220 knots to ranges of 15 kilometers.

As a nuclear submarine, Chakra will be able to spend prolonged periods underwater, making it difficult to detect. During wartime, the advanced submarine will go after high value targets, such as Pakistani submarines (possibly carrying nuclear-armed cruise missiles) and Chinese submarines, destroyers, aircraft carriers and submarines.

Kyle Mizokami is a writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, War is Boring and The Daily Beast. In 2009 he co-founded the defense and security blog Japan Security Watch. This first appeared in 2015.

Yes india has toys... but it does lack capable personnel to make use of their advance properties..

27 Feb was proof of that.

 

[Chanakyaa]

Yes india has toys... but it does lack capable personnel to make use of their advance properties..

27 Feb was proof of that.

Well, after 1999 for the nest 15 years Pakistan and Pakistanis bragged how 1999 was a huge success and ultimatelu the revenge of 1971 was taken. From.not accepting dead bodies to claiming NLI as Mujahdeen, it was far far far more planned than feb 27 2019.

It took 15 years when finally Gen Aziz from.ISI revealed the Real Thing.

Wait and watch.

It took 48hours to change from :

3 Pilots to 1
No F16 used to F16 used

10 years will do.wonders.

 

[PradoTLC]

Well, after 1999 for the nest 15 years Pakistan and Pakistanis bragged how 1999 was a huge success and ultimatelu the revenge of 1971 was taken. From.not accepting dead bodies to claiming NLI as Mujahdeen, it was far far far more planned than feb 27 2019.

It took 15 years when finally Gen Aziz from.ISI revealed the Real Thing.

Wait and watch.

It took 48hours to change from :

3 Pilots to 1
No F16 used to F16 used

10 years will do.wonders.

Kargil?

For 11 weeks we gave you a thrashing you have never forgotten. We cruelly exposed how ineffective the indian army was.

and yes after 27 Feb the entire planet was mocking the indian military and not just us.

You lied , you got caught, you backed down and looked like a complete fool.

 

[Chanakyaa]

Kargil?

For 11 weeks we gave you a thrashing you have never forgotten. We cruelly exposed how ineffective the indian army was.

and yes after 27 Feb the entire planet was mocking the indian military and not just us.

You lied , you got caught, you backed down and looked like a complete fool.

India lost and was Ineffective in Kargil ? My goodness.
Watch this and educate yourself :

 

[PradoTLC]

India lost and was Ineffective in Kargil ? My goodness.
Watch this and educate yourself :

yes... you were ineffective.. as General Zinni stated " I persuaded the Pakistanis to withdraw"

11 weeks to dislodge 300 NLI troops???.... ... lol

and to think the most of our casualties were due to india violating the cease fire agreement as there were asked to withdraw.

like i said your troop were clearly inferior... and as the recent encounter with BAT has shown the gap has grown even more so.

 

[Cash GK]

Wars are won by tactics. US lost not because Afghan's bravery or anything its that they employed wrong tactics. Saudis are losing because they don't have a clear strategy. No one is above anyone. All are same. Tactics matter only nothing else.

Hahshhahahsh hahshhshs hahshahsh

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Why half of start of article sounds same as PM Imran Khan speech/interviews during UNSC visit last year? Just replaced the names & few words between sentences. It just reminds of IK's interviews as soon as I started to read. The copy paste journalist has to up his game. Apparently, he is just trying to market US weapons might & hates China more than Pakistan.

On a serious note: Look how retaliation changes their perception about the strength of Pakistan and are finally reduced to write articles & play big. From a fighting force term: We don't waste our energy as what an enemy can do but we will surely deliver whatever we can do.

Hes a clown who writes alot of pro india crap.

 

[t1000]

Over the years I have read plenty of articles by Kyle Mizokami (on TNI website) and noticed that most of his articles are written in a childish way and riddled with mistakes.
These days when I see "kyle Mizokami" as author I promptly ignore the article.

 

[The Eagle]

Hes a clown who writes alot of pro india crap.

You will understand that having such kind of friend that keeps us in dark, is actually an enemy that convince everyone of us to underestimate the rival and day dream unless hammer hits our head. Interestingly, Modi made everyone to believe in these stories and keep it up unless another 27th Feb happens.

 

[Deino]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...deadly-china-and-pakistan-should-worry-124671

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Yes, for its own pilots and soldiers!

 

[Ultima Thule]

No F16 used to F16 used

Its cleared by day 1 by our military "NO F-16 WERE USED IN STRIKE PACKAGE" to attack targets in India"ONLY JF-17 AND MIRAGES USED IN STRIKE PACKAGE"

F-16 DOING COMBAT AIR PATROL WELL INSIDE IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE" you indiot

 

[Wood]

“Any man who has to say ‘I am the King’ is no true King.” — Tywin Lannister

 

[CONNAN]

not sure Why they write such click bait and sensationalism article's, neither China or Pakistan doesn't give shit about , at most we can say they might be worried but so do we if any they acquire any new weapon system. we are not immune to war for Christ sake it is easy to sit behind screen and write idiotic articles. But war is different