Chinese Air Force way ahead of IAF

[FairAndUnbiased]

remember everyone china would always have the number advantage to us whether it is 1962 or 20XX ,but the fact is we must have more qualitative edge to china that's what important .We cant afford do an armrace with china as they have many more powerful enemies than us like USA ,so they invest a lot on arms .But we should invest logically & procure cutting edge weapons like Israel by that only we can counter china ,

Qualitatively, China has midcourse ABM, J-20, Beidou, Type 99A2, and nuclear submarines. India can make it expensive and difficult for China to conquer, but there is zero probability of India going on offensive against China.

 

[Abhishek_]

^exactly, India doesn't have any offensive objectives. We are a staus-quo power aimed at maintaining a credible deterrence against China.
There is no need to match China weapon-to-weapon

 

[SinoChallenger]

China is now 4 x the GDP of india nearly.

it spends between 3 & 4 times india budget on its military

it has massive borders of RUSSIA JAPAN USA & TAIWAN.

So its very powerful military is not all diected at india.

" if they choose to they can over power IAF IF NOT TODAY certainly in future"

1200 FC20 thats astonishing number...

i would be shocked if lca tejas reached 120 ie 10% of that FC20 numberrs

Russia is China's ally. Japan does not border China. USA does not border China. Taiwan is under control of pro-China party right now.

Only india unambiguously borders China. And we just had massive military exercises in Tibet.

 

[SenLin]

Russia is China's ally.

But only if its again the West/US. Between China & India, im pretty sure they would choose the latter.

Taiwan is under control of pro-China party right now.

For now, yes. But next year in the elections the DPP could gain to power. That would be not good.

 

[sweetgrape]

PR stunt to generate further budgetary raise for IAF .

There many such articles are being written of late by people with vested in interests in arms procurement or engaged arms dealerships to create public paranoia about hyped up threats to indian security.

Yes, maybe it just a article to generate further budgetary raise for IAF, but the article also reflect the accomplishment of PLA!! It is hurt, Does it, when you compare with your military modernization!!!

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

But only if its again the West/US. Between China & India, im pretty sure they would choose the latter.




For now, yes. But next year in the elections the DPP could gain to power. That would be not good.

Whenever the DPP goes to power, Taiwan's economic growth gets cut in half. We win either way.

 

[DrSomnath999]

Qualitatively, China has midcourse ABM, J-20, Beidou, Type 99A2, and nuclear submarines.

so what man ! india also has abm ,pakfa ,glossnass from russia ,also INRSS is going to de deployed by 2014-15,T90,arjunmk1 & mk2 in future & nuclear subs which going to be deployed in future .Tell something ur country has which india dont have
LIke china has ICBM.

but india can also build icbm but it wont want to upset UNCLE SAM.so they might not build it .

H6 bomber ,
well india dont need bomber as today's fighter aircraft are multirole both fighter & bomber .Though india can get su 34 fullback if they wish from russia

Anti satellite BM

well india had also stated it would build Anti satellite weapon but wont test it due to fear of space debris.

for more help look top 10 future weapons of china posted by me
http://www.defence.pk/forums/china-defence/128212-top-10-future-weapons-china.html

India can make it expensive and difficult for China to conquer, but there is zero probability of India going on offensive against China.

well both countries are nuclear armed nations & both have flourishing trade going on between 2 nations .But the problem is india & china have long vexed border dispute which i dont think would be settled sooner or later peacfully .Well let's see if anything positive can be seen in future .Let's be optimistic

 

[S10]

Any war between China and India in the future will be a limited conflict, not a full scale war. This is determined by the terrain in which the two countries share a border. The mountain terrain means that it would be logistically impossible to support more than a few brigades, and that's an optimistic estimate. More likely it will be like 1962, a few border regiments clashing. In another words, a storm in a teacup.

That is if China and India decide to go to war. That's a huge IF. Both side don't seem to want to push the issue aside from some verbal spats.

 

[Ganges Zephyr]

Agreed. But, why compare IAF with Chinese Air Force! Both air forces have their own needs and objectives
In the next 5 to 10 years, IAF would be more than capable to thwart any threat from Chinese air force or PAF. Also detterence would be needed for only a couple of weeks, couple of months at most (if any), IAF has enough iron for this.
Stupid article comparing apples with oranges

 

[sputnik]

Even if it is written for " Give us more money to buy weapon". Few things we should not write off. In the exercise they used more A2G weapons then Russia used against Georgia. According to me the main problem area is Lack of military Industry Complex in India.

Happened in Kargil and we still not learned from it. My indian Friends will say HAL make everything for MKI. but still we all know recently GoI issued global tender for spare parts for IAF. same with Bofors, MKI TYERS.

And I have no faith in current Leadership. They have just created a Big Mess.