USAF Report Reveals Unexpected Weakness in Pakistan's J-10CEs

Remember how Pakistan got those shiny new J-10CE fighter jets? Well, a leaked report from the US Air Force (USAF) throws some shade on their potential dominance in the sky. Here's the deal:

Pakistan hoped these jets, armed with China's fancy PL-15E missiles, would give them a big advantage over India's air force. The PL-15E boasts a super-long range, supposedly hitting enemy planes from way out. But according to the USAF report, that long range might be a bit of a tall tale.

Turns out, these missiles might not be as powerful as advertised. The report suggests they only reach their top range under very specific conditions, like the fighter jet launching them needing to be flying super fast and super high. Real-world combat situations are messy, so the USAF estimates the missiles' actual effective range is more like 65 miles – not quite the knockout punch Pakistan might have been hoping for.

Here's the kicker: This range is roughly what Pakistan's older F-16s can already achieve with their missiles. So, all that hype about the J-10CEs and PL-15Es giving Pakistan a big edge? The USAF report suggests it might not be that big of a deal after all.

Meanwhile, India's got its own long-range missiles that could potentially outrange the PL-15E according to the report. So, things might be a bit more balanced in the air than Pakistan was hoping for.

 

[BCharlie]

It's commonly known, except to a few on this site, that Chinese weapons and technology are never as good or as reliable as they claim it is. All of their exports are a disaster with Pakistan, Myanmar and Nigeria complaining about the jets, tanks, ships, missiles, submarines etc. Their technology has been unreliable, insufficient, poor performance, no consistency, unreliable supply of spares or parts, short lifespan along with poor to little service support.

India has to speed up developing our own weapons and technology along with manufacturing it in India. There is a lot of critical technology that we are behind on which is producing a reliable, fuel efficient, consistent and affordable engine for tanks, IFV, APC, naval ships, fighter jets, helicopter. A lot of our products are still under development, facing delays or going through the usual long phase of testing and the private sector needs to help more in key weapons or technology programs.

Maybe you missed the whole subject.. Iran rockets, missiles, drones, ballistic missiles etc all are with Chinese Tech.. Did you not notice when America put sanctions 2 days ago on 3 or 4 Chinese companies & 1 Belarus company for selling missile components to Iran.. Pakistan also buys from them too. All Iranian Ballistic Missiles, Drones, Rocket missiles reached Israel.. whatever missiles were shot down over Iraq, Jordan etc was by missiles fired by US destroyers, Frigates in the Med Sea... Israel this & that iron steel paper wax Domes were singing and doing nothing.. Thats what we should look at .. just saying all is Chinese junk is an ego satisfier. Always, Always expect to happen the most as all what is unexpected, will surely happen.

 

[BCharlie]

Some of the comments writers are Chinese propagandists with Indian names. Watch out for them when they praise Chinese stuff too much.

You are so right.. but we are still waiting to read praises of our own products. what we read here about our product is its late, very late, then we are still discussing, talking & talking & doing nothing. Praising is good, but listening to criticism is also being brave ..

 

[Enthusiast]

IAF has a good strategy of destroying the infrastructure of the enemy after performing SEAD missions. If the runways are damaged, fighters wont take off, if fighters dont take off, air superiority will be achieved and every air assets which are on the ground would get targeted. For tactical superiority, our pilots have good experience in air to air combat and can score big victories against pak/china. The first 1 month of war (in case of a conflict against china) is gonna be full of good news, but however if it extends beyond that, we wont be able to win that war. We will have to involve the navy and try and score a stalemate to stop the war. Its like Connor Mc Gregor. If he cant defeat the opponent in the first 2 rounds, he is not gonna win.