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Russia has abandoned India. It has refused to speak for India or even mediate the situation. The USA is exactly the same. The USA only has put the same amount of pressure on China as before. Nothing is different between USA and China but Russia has shown it will not even say a single word for India. When it is India China issue, Russia is silent.
Air bases and fighters numbers are not accurate according to this video. Besides the video is Indian based and all other material featured in its channel is Indian related. It is not quite accurate about numbers however I am sure India can send more fighters to our borders than China can. Most of our bases and fighters are positioned in the whole eastern region from Korean border to Vietnam border but not so much around Tibet and India. So certainly IAF will outnumber PLAAF by some margin. However, I don't think it's quite so simple. In case of war, both will use rockets, artillery, and ballistic missiles to kill all army and air bases. Chinese have much more artillery pieces and rockets just for 10km-300km range. The 300km ones can almost hit New Delhi and certainly reach outside regions. Ballistic missiles, we have so many we fire dozens every time we do exercises every few months. There are also stealth attack drones and cruise missiles which can be used against airfields and weapon storage areas.
There are thousands of short range and intermediate range ballistic missiles in PLA in case cruise missiles and artillery and rockets don't destroy all Indian army and air bases. This is what India is worried about. Akash and Spyder cannot really intercept them and even if they could, they cannot intercept all of them. HQ-26, HQ-29, HQ-9, HQ-16, HQ-17, HQ-7, HQ-12, HQ-22, S-300, S-400, LD-2000 all are intercept capable and in huge numbers to protect bases. They just need to buy enough time for our offensive weapons to settle the fight. I don't think fighters will get second chance after first waves get into air. When the survivors return for rearm and refuel their bases are gone most likely. So whoever has bases and supply lines still remaining after both sides conduct offensive missions, is whoever has air superiority and from that point, wins totally in the border regions.
PLAAF doesn't need to match numbers as long as offensive attacks are fast and complete the mission. India has some S-400 and some air defense systems but nothing in more than a few dozen units in entire country. There will be thousands of rockets and cannon shells fired and hundreds of ballistic and cruise missiles. Even if each single interceptor missile hits its target, it will not be enough. How many rockets and artillery with enough range to hit Tibet air bases more than 300km away from border does India position already? Agni missiles with longer range will be saved for long range targets only Agni I and II should be used and only about 100 of these in total.
Both sides with the information of better value than available for us knows how one sided everything is. IAF can launch all 200 fighters but even if each survives some fight, the real question is all about the stationary targets. They need to land somewhere and if all regional bases are gone, those fighters will not be able to do anything. PLAAF is here ignored totally.
On the air to air fighting, I think just the Mirage and Su-30MKI are effective but they carry old missiles and radars. PLAAF may be using old fighters in this region too though so the capability are quite even despite IAF number advantage. PLAAF will be operating a lot of drones and electronic warfare weapons even if they have less fighters in this region I don't think there will be any disadvantage at all. I believe IAF will not fire a single missile and so far they have not dropped missile or bombs. PLAAF is also operating. The situation seems to settle down. If India challenge the region once more, maybe we can see some more action.
Air bases and fighters numbers are not accurate according to this video. Besides the video is Indian based and all other material featured in its channel is Indian related. It is not quite accurate about numbers however I am sure India can send more fighters to our borders than China can. Most of our bases and fighters are positioned in the whole eastern region from Korean border to Vietnam border but not so much around Tibet and India. So certainly IAF will outnumber PLAAF by some margin. However, I don't think it's quite so simple. In case of war, both will use rockets, artillery, and ballistic missiles to kill all army and air bases. Chinese have much more artillery pieces and rockets just for 10km-300km range. The 300km ones can almost hit New Delhi and certainly reach outside regions. Ballistic missiles, we have so many we fire dozens every time we do exercises every few months. There are also stealth attack drones and cruise missiles which can be used against airfields and weapon storage areas.
There are thousands of short range and intermediate range ballistic missiles in PLA in case cruise missiles and artillery and rockets don't destroy all Indian army and air bases. This is what India is worried about. Akash and Spyder cannot really intercept them and even if they could, they cannot intercept all of them. HQ-26, HQ-29, HQ-9, HQ-16, HQ-17, HQ-7, HQ-12, HQ-22, S-300, S-400, LD-2000 all are intercept capable and in huge numbers to protect bases. They just need to buy enough time for our offensive weapons to settle the fight. I don't think fighters will get second chance after first waves get into air. When the survivors return for rearm and refuel their bases are gone most likely. So whoever has bases and supply lines still remaining after both sides conduct offensive missions, is whoever has air superiority and from that point, wins totally in the border regions.
PLAAF doesn't need to match numbers as long as offensive attacks are fast and complete the mission. India has some S-400 and some air defense systems but nothing in more than a few dozen units in entire country. There will be thousands of rockets and cannon shells fired and hundreds of ballistic and cruise missiles. Even if each single interceptor missile hits its target, it will not be enough. How many rockets and artillery with enough range to hit Tibet air bases more than 300km away from border does India position already? Agni missiles with longer range will be saved for long range targets only Agni I and II should be used and only about 100 of these in total.
Both sides with the information of better value than available for us knows how one sided everything is. IAF can launch all 200 fighters but even if each survives some fight, the real question is all about the stationary targets. They need to land somewhere and if all regional bases are gone, those fighters will not be able to do anything. PLAAF is here ignored totally.
On the air to air fighting, I think just the Mirage and Su-30MKI are effective but they carry old missiles and radars. PLAAF may be using old fighters in this region too though so the capability are quite even despite IAF number advantage. PLAAF will be operating a lot of drones and electronic warfare weapons even if they have less fighters in this region I don't think there will be any disadvantage at all. I believe IAF will not fire a single missile and so far they have not dropped missile or bombs. PLAAF is also operating. The situation seems to settle down. If India challenge the region once more, maybe we can see some more action.
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