There has been a bit of chaos in India recently. Because of the issue of military reform, the first people who are dissatisfied are not the military personnel, but the Indian civilians. They feel that such reforms have seriously harmed their interests, so they are carrying out reforms all over the country. Despite the violent demonstration, even the police could not stop this group of excited people. Seemingly to divert attention, the Indian media have shifted their focus to China in the past few days, hoping that these people will realize that India still has strong external pressure to stop making trouble.
It is reported that an Indian media called "The Hindu" published an article in which it stated that according to intelligence obtained from Indian officials, China is significantly upgrading its firepower and weapons systems at the actual control office in the western region, and is also targeting The accommodation facilities of the troops have been improved and expanded; and it is said that because the People's Liberation Army has greatly increased its firepower at the Sino-Indian border, India will also significantly upgrade its firepower near the actual control line. Another media called "Press Trust of India" conducted an interview with General Vivek Ram Chaudhry, Chief of Staff of the Indian Air Force. The general proposed the concept of "two-front warfare" , he believes that India’s current military operations and plans are all aimed at dealing with threats from one or two aspects.
Let’s start with the fact that China has significantly upgraded its firepower in border areas. This media said that China has expanded a lot of runways and airports here, and these facilities are still hidden. They accommodate a large number of fighter planes inside, which makes India It is impossible to accurately determine how much air power China has deployed on the border. In addition, China has also upgraded the rocket launcher system and air defense system deployed at the border, and the accommodation facilities have also been improved and expanded. This means that China’s firepower at the border has not only become more and more powerful, but also used in combat. The number of people was several times greater.
This media believes that in comparison, India’s deployment at the border is much weaker. China is expanding accommodation facilities at the border, increasing the number of people accommodated from 20,000 to 120,000. This means that China may increase 100,000 troops were sent to the border; while India only sent 50,000 more troops. China has already formed a numerical advantage over India. At the same time, India spent a lot of money to buy the M777 howitzer . This artillery has a range of only 24 kilometers when using conventional artillery shells. The PCL-181 vehicle-mounted howitzer deployed by China has twice the range of the former, and China The artillery deployment method is flexible and does not need to be transported by other vehicles. In terms of fighters, China has an unknown number of J-20 fighters at the border. This is a huge threat to the Rafale 4 and MiG-29 fighters deployed by India at the border. The former has a huge impact compared with the latter two. Due to the generation difference advantage, you can use air-to-air missiles to eliminate the opponent before the latter two have discovered it. As for anti-aircraft missiles, although India plans to deploy the S400 anti-aircraft missile , the interception range is said to be 400 kilometers, but China has already had this anti-aircraft missile and must know its weaknesses, and the deployed PHL-191 also has a range of 400 kilometers. No one can guarantee that S400 can intercept it 100%.
In addition, the "two-front war" mentioned by Indian Air Force Chief of Staff General Vivek Ram Chaudhry refers to China and Pakistan. The general believes that India should be careful of China and Pakistan joining forces to attack India. Launching military threats, thereby putting India into a situation of being surrounded. He said that the Indian Air Force is now preparing for this possible situation and must build a reliable force to deal with this challenge.
However, for this general's statement, everyone thinks that he is just like those military generals in the United States, all to ask for money from the government. After the current military reform in India, the service life of many soldiers has changed from the previous ten years to four years. If soldiers want to stay, they need to perform very well. These outstanding soldiers generally have good technical levels or He has a high degree of education and is very popular in the Indian army; for the Indian Air Force, they are short of this type of talent.The previous recruitment requirements were too low, which led to many people in the Air Force who had not gone to school to come in. The Indian Air Force made a lot of jokes. The planes were either crashed or repaired. The general said at this time that the Indian Air Force is facing pressure from these two fronts, and one of them is a powerful opponent like China, which allows the government to allocate resources to the Air Force and allow the Air Force to obtain a batch of new equipment and high-quality personnel.
The Indian media said that China’s firepower at the border has been greatly upgraded, which can divert the attention of the Indian people outside and make them think that the government’s military reform is a forced choice; because of the challenges faced by India The external pressure was too great. In order to allow the army to develop better, it had to carry out military reforms and use the money to build border infrastructure and improve firepower.
