After Biggest Drill in 30 Years, IAF Chief Indicates Readiness to Deal With Two-Front War

[GumNaam]

lagta hay yeh sardar bharat mata ki pehlay pharrwayein ga (1st front) aur phir marvaaein ga (2nd front)...

 

[Tom M]

Just wait for the next joint Sino Pak exercises starting from the borders of Burma to the borders of Tajikistan.

Good for you. But why should we wait ?? We have lot more things to do in the meantime.

 

[abc123xyx]

A simple question which is enough for and answer. Do you expect the Chinese to be damn fools to initiate a war with India in the first place ????

it was close during dokhlam....

also , pakistan can only request china to help in their war .....but china has the leverage into the pakistan extablishment to even force pakistan into their war...

 

[Tom M]

a famous Bruce Lee dialog " bricks don't hit back".
flatten one enemy in 48 hours and then move assets to other border. is it a joke?
it will work against afghanistan and Nepal but not against Pakistan with strong air defence or against China with world class air force.

Oh, dear where are talking about dealing with one and half enemies ???? LOL

it was close during dokhlam....

also , pakistan can only request china to help in their war .....but china has the leverage into the pakistan extablishment to even force pakistan into their war...

lol, it sounds like a really pathetic situation for Pakistan.

 

[Super Falcon]

Mr idiot chief exercises are no where near to actual action when u get in u wont get out on your feet i gurantee you

 

[TruthTheOnlyDefense]

How is India going to fight a 2 front war? No nation can fight a two-front war.

Or are Indian rapist going to be let loose in the countries they are fighting against women and kids?

 

[Windjammer]

Unfortunately that is not just the AM’s fault; he has been instructed by his fascist government to pump propoganda like nobody’s business.

One can understand a leader praising his force specially when it's struggling with issues of moral, but making such bold and ludicrous claims is like being hand in glove with the culprit. Hell even USAF wasn't so convinced or bold with it's claims before attacking likes of Iraq, but the recent self injury by Modi on the so called surgical strikes proves that lies have short legs and first gust of wind will bring the sand castles tumbling down.

 

[HariPrasad]

How is India going to fight a 2 front war? No nation can fight a two-front war.

Or are Indian rapist going to be let loose in the countries they are fighting against women and kids?

Jhiadis can not hide behind Blue flag. Whenever they write anything, they get exposed.

 

[randomradio]

Is this really what indians think? Dude Pakistan is not Somalia.indian armed forces will never win a two front war.fighting a war against Pakistan might be costly and there is always international pressure for a cease fire.pakistan air Force f-16s can handle indian su-30s.in any war scenerio,India have to face at least 70 vipers but India can't use all su-30s because of danger from Chinese side.you can only use 150 su-30(maximum). Pakistan air Force knows the weakness of Indian air Force.infact your entire armed forces can't deploy tanks fighters soldiers in large numbers because there is always China factor so Pakistan have bright chances of winning any war against India.this exercise shows that India is worried and why not! Pakistan and China have common enemy.

No F-16 has held any sort of advantage over the Su-30MKI ever, proven through exercises with the USAF and RSAF. Neither in dog fights nor in LFEs.

These guys just get drubbed before going home.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...lue-training-with-indian-air-force-ng-9448722

How many times have your air force exercised with the Malaysians or Algerians against a similar type of Flanker?

As for the China factor, have you ever bothered to check how many assets they have actually deployed against us and how long they will actually take to deploy enough assets to fight us?

The IAF has less numbers right now. However, due to the geography, we command complete dominance against China in their western sector while we have enough assets to protect ourselves in the eastern sector. The bulk of our air force remains deployed against Pakistan.

Indian wikipedia copy pasters/editors.
Talk to actual Indian servicemen off the record and use “non-hostile” language: they are much more candid about their true capabilities...

Another way is to pretend you’re a lucknovi or Dilliwala.. lol.

Why don't you demonstrate your abilities with exercises of equal intensity then?

Isn't Gagan Shakthi IAF's drill? and why were MARCOS involved or did the tweeter confuse em with GARUDS? or is it like all the spec ops teams from different units being involved in a coordinated manner

Both IA and IN were involved in the exercises.

One can understand a leader praising his force specially when it's struggling with issues of moral, but making such bold and ludicrous claims is like being hand in glove with the culprit. Hell even USAF wasn't so convinced or bold with it's claims before attacking likes of Iraq, but the recent self injury by Modi on the so called surgical strikes proves that lies have short legs and first gust of wind will bring the sand castles tumbling down.

IAF is not struggling with any morale issue. Nor are any of the other wings.

 

[randomradio]

There is a very good chance that HAL will be building F18 Super hornets for the IAF at 70 million $ a pop.

At this point, they are the favourites. Dassault fcuked up big time.

No clue why you brought it up here, but SH has considerably lesser chance than the Rafale. The SH has a massive hurdle to clear right now, which Rafale doesn't. The IAF has announced that all the ToT necessary for the project must be cleared by govts before the RFP is actually sent to the competitor. So there is a good chance the American companies may not even get RFPs.

Not to mention, the ToT required is way too much for the Americans to agree to.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/201...tarted-a-195-billion-fighter-program-sort-of/
“The ToT requirement is very exhaustive and also includes ToT of avionics, electronic warfare systems including missile approach warner, active electronically scanned array radar, engine and also for setting up the manufacturing unit in India,” retired IAF air marshal and defense analyst Daljit Singh said. “It is indeed a tall order for the OEM to provide so much of ToT.”

The amount of ToT requested is something only the Europeans or Russians are realistically willing to accept.

Also, all the stuff that IAF has paid through Rafale GTG will be part of the minimum requirements, so that's a massive advantage for Dassault. For example, Indian Rafales will come with low band jammers, which the SH doesn't. The SH doesn't come with a non-CISMOA certified SATCOM either. So all of this will cost Boeing a lot of money. Not to mention all the stuff that already comes in built with the Rafale, like the next gen MAWS, IRST, TV camera etc. Boeing will have to spend a lot of money just to come up to Rafale's current specs, let alone the F4 specs.

As for the F4 specs, not even one competitor will meet it.

 

[Windjammer]

Why don't you demonstrate your abilities with exercises of equal intensity then?



Both IA and IN were involved in the exercises.

PAF seldom makes any song and dance about it's exercises or goals, it doesn't even reveal the assets involved, the recent involvement in Gulf Shield multi national exercise by the tri-services was only revealed by Saudi sources as for it's achievements, in the last Red Flag for example, the IDFAF had much
more acknowledgement for the PAF than what RAF did for the IAF.

IAF is not struggling with any morale issue. Nor are any of the other wings.

When the air chief has to get into the cockpit of a certain jet just to prove it's safe to fly then it leaves little to imagination.

 

[Beast]

do china has awacs/tanker killer.. like russians have?

https://combataircraft.keypublishing.com/2016/11/21/mystery-chinese-missile-revealed/

 

[randomradio]

PAF seldom makes any song and dance about it's exercises or goals, it doesn't even reveal the assets involved, the recent involvement in Gulf Shield multi national exercise by the tri-services was only revealed by Saudi sources as for it's achievements, in the last Red Flag for example, the IDFAF had much
more acknowledgement for the PAF than what RAF did for the IAF.

Of course, the PAF requires no training at all, just like how weapons are tested without any failures. Only USAF, IAF etc need training.

Nobody cares how well you do against the Saudis or Americans. It's a different story how well you can do against Flankers (MKI make) and Rafales.

IAF pilots have extensive experience in fighting and defeating the F-16 convincingly. And we have now demonstrated our ability to engage our entire air force for any war effort from a highly disadvantageous position.

When the air chief has to get into the cockpit of a certain jet just to prove it's safe to fly then it leaves little to imagination.

Oh, so that's enough to prove that it's the IAF with the morale issues?

The Air Chief did not fly to make a point to his "better trained" pilots. He flew to make a point to the civilians and bureaucrats who know nothing about the jet fighter business. You see, the military in India is subservient to the civilians.

Care to know the crash rate of the MKIs?

 

[帅的一匹]

He is joking.....

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Two front war, two front war, two front war - why top Indian militarily generals keep parroting about it ? Tomorrow Indian PM is visiting China for better relationship so why so much worry among Indian army establishment about China-Pak joint action against India ? whom are they making fool of ? ofcourse ordinary Indian citizens so that Indian Army can extract more tax from them via defense budget