India moves jets, copters to China-facing forward bases: Times of India

[Ali_Baba]

Leh airbase has massive Chinese crosshairs on it right now.

In any conflict it will be obliterated.

It is within MLRS range and China holds the heights, so i would agree. Leh would not last very long in a show down.

 

[khansaheeb]

After finishing tea.

Is that before or after defecating in the field?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Is that before or after defecating in the field?

They dont defecate in the fields.. the 70 billion dollar budget has them covered with diapers.

 

[PradoTLC]

NEW DELHI: India has moved its fighter jets to forward airbases facing China, even as additional warships have now been deployed in the extended Bay of Bengal region, in a clear signal to Beijing that New Delhi is prepared for escalation in the ongoing troop confrontation on the unresolved border.
The fresh build-up includes the new Apache attack helicopters, which are “tank killers” with their Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and rockets, and Chinook heavy-lift choppers, capable of transporting howitzers and troops to forward high-altitude areas, being deployed in Ladakh.

“China has crossed our red-lines by brutally killing 20 of our soldiers in a premeditated attack (in Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh on June 15). We are fully prepared for any spiraling of the escalation matrix. All necessary steps have been taken,” said a top military officer.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which is clearly in no mood for disengagement, also continues to build-up its forces all along the 3,488-km long LAC. This is especially true at the ongoing troop confrontation sites in Galwan Valley region, Pangong Tso (Tso means lake), and Gogra-Hot Springs area as well other areas like Depsang and Chushul in eastern Ladakh.

PLA troops, for instance, have built dozens of new fortifications from “Finger-4 to 8”(mountainous spurs separated by a distance of 8-km) on the north bank of Pangong Tso. Since early-May, they have been blocking all Indian patrols going west to east in the area, as was earlier reported by TOI.

Similar is the situation in Galwan and Hot Springs areas, with China also augmenting the number of its J-11 and J-8 fighters as well as long-range bombers at its Hotan and Kashgar airbases in Tibet, said sources.

India, on its part, has inducted frontline Sukhoi-30MKI, MiG-29 and Jaguar fighters into forward airbases, with IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria quietly visiting Leh and Srinagar on Wednesday and Thursday to review the operational preparedness in the region.

IAF has fully activated all its airbases facing the northern borders with China, ranging from Leh, Srinagar, Awantipur and Bareilly to Tezpur, Chabua and Hasimara in the north-east, to further strengthen its military posture.

Though China can deploy over 20 fighter squadrons from its eight main airbases in Tibet and other airfields to their north during a conflict, it suffers from a terrain constraint because the weapon and fuel-carrying capacity of its jets is limited due to the high-altitude and rarefied air in the region.

While Indian fighters are undertaking stepped-up `combat air patrols’ due to the “heightened state of alert” in the region, C-17 Globemaster-III, C-130J `Super Hercules’ and AN-32 transport aircraft have formed “an air bridge” from Chandigarh to Ladakh to transport soldiers and weapon systems to forward areas in regular sorties.

In a decisive shift from its earlier policy, India is now determined to impose costs on China for its salami-slicing or cartographic aggression tactics to gran territory, as was first reported by TOI.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...facing-forward-bases/articleshow/76474653.cms

Good... keep spending on wars you have already lost

 

[crankthatskunk]

I am just thinking, Su 30s and Mig 29 had a "No Show" against Pakistani JF 17s and F 16s.
What they are going to do against J 10s and J20s of China!! Not to mention Su 30s China version with better EW packages to back them up!!

 

[Trailer23]

But Modi ji said there was no cause for worry as China did not intrude in Indian territory. What's this all about then?

Face-saving
noun
- the preserving of one's reputation, credibility, or dignity.

 

[crankthatskunk]

What Modi needed to do is to hire a fit gymnast to do somersaults during his address yesterday.
At least it would have entertained the world.

 

[HalfMoon]

What Modi needed to do is to hire a fit gymnast to do somersaults during his address yesterday.
At least it would have entertained the world.

Modi bhakts will do anything to defend him.

 

[HalfMoon]

welcome False flagger

LoL

 

[obj 705A]

Yes you're the FALSE FLAGGER

@IAU just drop it already.
@HalfMoon already made it clear he is an Indian muslim so he supports Pakistan, if I'm not mistaken, there are hundreds of millions of muslims in India it makes sense that we would have some of them here, or do you mean just because he supports Pakistan he should change his flags?

 

[ozranger]

It is within MLRS range and China holds the heights, so i would agree. Leh would not last very long in a show down.

Distance is less than 140km to the nearest PLA deployment at Pangong Tso. So Leh is well in 300mm rocket's 150km shooting range. Of course 370mm rockets with a 300km range can also be used.

 

[jay89]

Seen the videos on how they have parked C17 in a line together as its a airshow. Did they not know the capabilities of Chinese? They will totally anilihate the base with their missiles.

 

[crankthatskunk]

O goodie.

An Air Show for the people of Ladakh.

Maybe we could ask the Chinese to bring over their toys too. Lets see how the Indians/IAF respond than.

IAF will respond like it always did.
The latest examples were shown after 27th Feb 2019.

The only difference is, then it was Dhan o a IAF air chief and now Bha(g)da uria.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

So when is India attacking?

After the indian army has finished conquering america.

 

[Vortex]

They are showing USA that their systems will help them to tackle China... So need more American weapons.