THIS IS WHO WOULD WIN AN AIR BATTLE BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA

[My-Analogous]

A French Dassault Rafale performs. By 2020, India will be operating a number of Rafales

India and China are the world’s two most populous countries.

But they’re not the best of friends, and they’ve had years of military tension, including a brief war in 1962. Even today, there’s an off chance that tensions over Bhutan could spark another one.

In the 1962 war, air power didn’t play much of a role. Today, though, both sides have modern capable air forces, and they could go head-to-head.

According to GlobalSecurity.org, by 2020, the Indian air force will operate a mix of Su-30MKI Flankers, Dassault Rafales, Mirage 2000s, MiG-29 Fulcrums, modernized MiG-21s, and the indigenous Tejas fighter. Older planes in service would include the Jaguar ground attack plane and possibly MiG-27s. The backbone of this force would be as many as 280 of the Flankers.

A Sukhoi Su-30MKI Air Superiority Fighter of the Indian Air Force

GlobalSecurity.org notes that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, like the Indian Air Force, relies heavily on Flankers — though these are primarily the J-11, China’s copy of the Su-27. By 2020, China could have as many as 312 of the baseline J-11s, plus about 24 Su-35S Flankers, roughly 65 Su-30MKK Flankers, and 75 J-11B Flankers. China also would be able to add a large number of J-10 Firebird multi-role fighters, older J-7 Fishbed and J-8 Finback fighters, and JH-7 Flounder fighter-bombers.

China technically has a larger force. However, with the tensions in the South China Sea, as well as a maritime territorial dispute with Japan over the Senkaku Islands, the Chinese cannot focus all of their force on India, at the risk of facing a conflict on three fronts.

PLAAF's Chengdu J-10 Lightweight Multirole Fighter

FlightGlobal.com notes that the People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force has roughly 190 fighters and fighter-bombers on hand, but over 100 of them are older J-7, J-8, and Q-5 aircraft that would be over-matched by Japan.

India faces a somewhat similar division problem due to Pakistan’s relatively close military relationship with China, but that is arguably more of an extension of a single front. Most of Pakistan’s combat aircraft are also older designs like the Mirage III, Mirage 5, and J-7.

A Mirage-2000 fighter of the Indian Air Force

This becomes the biggest factor in any Sino-Indian air war. China could theoretically crush the Indian Air Force by focusing all its fighting power on the task.

The problem China faces is that such a focus would prove a Phyrric victory, as its claims in the East China Sea and South China Sea could become highly vulnerable. But if China sends in only part of its force, it risks seeing the People’s Liberation Army Air Force be defeated in detail.

India, on the other hand, faces no such problems. As such, it has a good chance to win an air war with China, simply because the Indians don’t face a potential second front.

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Thanks but no thanks from Pakistan. Since we are surprise element here. On serious note, this is the most bullshit comment i ever read. China currently deployed her 5 gen fighters and J20 is operational now.

 

[Mrc]

simply because the Indians don’t face a potential second front.

Either I am from mars... or writer is

 

[ito]

China has more powerful enemies than India do. So any war between India and China, will give opportunity to Japan, US, and Taiwan to assert them selves on eastern front, and 80% of Chinese live on the eastern side making it more valuable for China to defend there then to concentrate its military on western front.

 

[Ultima Thule]

China has more powerful enemies than India do. So any war between India and China, will give opportunity to Japan, US, and Taiwan to assert them selves on eastern front, and 80% of Chinese live on the eastern side making it more valuable for China to defend there then to concentrate its military on western front.

very well said sir

 

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[ito]

Either I am from mars... or writer is

The author means...Pakistan and China can be taken as one enemy as both lie on India's north. So Indian military doesn't have to be split between North and South. On our southern side, we have virtually no enemies.