Pakistan and India, the two nations, have been involved in several wars, conflicts, and military standoffs. A long-running disagreement over Kashmir and cross-border terrorism have been the primary causes of conflict between the two states. According to a recent report threatened by India’s Rafale aircraft acquisition, terrified, Pakistan rushes to china to buy fighter jets and armaments; Pakistan is well aware that they cannot compete with India due to the might of new delhi’s military. Therefore Islamabad wishes to ensure that it can compete on almost equal terms by acquiring Chinese j-10c jets. Pakistan already possessed a fighter in a similar class to the j-10, the usf-16, which was put into service by the Pakistan air force in the early 1980s. The reasons for Pakistan’s acquisition of Chinese jets are at present.
Pakistan air force needs a 4.5 generation multi-role fighter in response to India’s purchase of Raphael aircraft. Furthermore, European fighters are too costly and operating f-16s is difficult for Pakistan due to strong limitations imposed by Washington on their use, including on use against India. Furthermore, Pakistan cannot acquire new planes from the united states due to the suspension of security funding to Islamabad. It also cannot develop indigenous military weaponry as India does.
As a result, Pakistan’s only alternative is to rely on its iron brother, china. According to the report, Pakistan is trying to buy more than 30 j-10 ce fighter jets and its missiles under emergency purchase from china, which, according to Pakistan, are very reliable, combat fighter jets. The j-10 ce is the export version of the j-10c of the Chinese air force and is believed to be a 4.5 generation aircraft. It also has pl-10 and air-to-air pl-15 missiles up to 250 kilometers.
Apart from improved radar aesa, it can fit 11 missiles or bombs. This single-engine fighter jet can carry up to 6 000 kilograms of arms at a time. According to analysts, it is a light multi-role fighter capable of flying in all weather situations with attack missions and air-to-air warfare. As its major role, the plane is also known as the vigorous dragon, and its nato designation is the firebird, according to sources.
A Pakistani senator questioned the decision to buy the j-10c, claiming it is inferior to the french tissue aviation’s rafale fighter. However, head-to-head comparisons of the two fighters show that the french-made fighter is superior; though the rafale is heavier than the j-10c, the rafale has far stronger thrust, giving it superior agility and higher energy, which is the determining factor in war, and combat or dogfights. Furthermore, the rafale short-range micro-or missile is generations ahead of the j-10c’s pl8 and nine missiles. The rafale’s meteor bvr air-to-air missile is said to be unquestionably the best in the world and according to the source. The price of a single Rafale jet is close to four times that of aj10c, which costs 35 million united states dollars, and finally, j-10c, like most Chinese planes, has never been in action. Still, the rafale has been tested in fight zones such as mali, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq And Syria; why is Pakistan concerned about the rafale’s missile?
Pakistan is concerned about the air-to-air meteor missiles in the rafale and mica missiles. The mbda produced meteor missile is a game changer for the iaf. Even the UK’s royal air force stealth. Fifth-generation f-35s are outfitted with these missiles. It is an active radar guided beyond visual range air-to-air missile, with a propulsion system that employs gmbh’s, solid fuel, variable flow ducted rocket system commonly known as ramjet meteor’s ramjet propulsion technology allows it to throttle its engine at various phases of its flight towards its target.
A typical air-to-air missile’s propulsion mechanism does not provide this choice. Meteor has the largest no-escape zone, the region within which the adversary cannot kinetically avoid being shot or where the kill probability is very high, and mica is a short-range fire and forget missile. That is presently the only missile in the world that can be equipped with either a heat-seeking homing head or an active radar. This one-of-a-kind capability offers a high kill probability even in harsh infrared and electronic countermeasure conditions. The rafale is a 4th Generation aircraft with cutting-edge armaments. Improved sensors and a fully integrated architecture. It is an Omni-roll aircraft, which means it can do at least four tasks in a single flight. There is no Pakistani air force fighter plane armed with these weapons. The Pakistani air force mostly has Chengdu j7 mirage 3 and mirage 5 aircraft, which are five decades old, even with the addition of contemporary 110 jf-17 and 75 f-16 jets.
The number of excellent fighters is quite little in comparison to the Indian air force’s mig-29 mirage 2000 and Sukhoi 30 fighters and, with the advent of rafale, the balance has shifted totally in favor of the Indian air force. The Pakistani air force is also concerned about the world’s finest s 400 air defense system, which is expected to be delivered to the Indian air force by 2021. You
