Against what you said.
So again less effective in comparison to what? Deserts, plains, marshes, beaches?
Comparing to the history from which you get your conclusion that forest can cover your brahmos launcher fleet.
Wow, how old are you, grandpa? Why don’t you ask what is UAV?
Haha, that is what armed forces do during peacetime: watching what your neighbor is doing on the other side of the border, fanboy!
Read again genius. China is in the same boat. Unless there is a fleet of Chinese strategic bombers flying around. Difference is that IAF will strike, how it wants, when it wants, using a huge supersonic missile on a highly capable platform using standoff distances. PLAAF will have to use subsonic missiles from its bomber which was designed in 1950s in Russia.
Do you have understanding problem? Again, IAF doesn't have the luxury to put her Su-30 MKI into land strike mission until she dominates the sky. At the beginning, she need to put every of her fighter jets into the battle against Chinese fighter jets.
You are not particluarly bright are you? Su-30MKI are a multirole fighters. Now google what multirole means. Jaguars and Mig-21s are the only single role platform left in IAF.
Unlike PLAAF which is heavily dependent on the single role platforms, some of which are clearly outdated, IAF has moved on.
MKI are the mainstay of IAF and can fulfill most of the roles demanded by IAF. This includes, carrying a Brahmos along with R-77s.
I love how you are grasping at straws. First you said, MKIs flying with Brahmos will be "easy target" for PLAAF. I provided a rebuttal. Then, you pulled another thing out of your rear and claimed that escorts doesn't "guarantee" safety without explaining the "guarantee" and "safety" factors which exists in your imagination. Now you are bitching and moaning about numbers and I can still mop the floor with you.
Yeah, only the fanboy like you believing that a Su-30MKI carrying a 2.5 ton cruise missile can still perform extre-maneuvering to avoid incoming air-air missile.
So make up your damn mind. Is it;
1) Easy target for PLAAF?
2) Escorts are not a guarantee?
3) Numbers are not enough?
And do these factors unilaterally affect India but not China. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Well, these factor doesn't affect China because PLAF doesn't need her fighter jet to carry a 2.5 ton missile to attack land target. Their birds get only one job: to kill IAF birds.
1) Soviets did not field a land based cruise missile of similar range as Brahmos.
The problem is not whether or not the cruise missile is land based, but they didn't plan to use supersonic cruise missile attacking LAND BASE TARGET! Obviously, they don't think supersonic cruise missile is a good option in the land war.
2) India too has deployed theater ballistic missiles like Prithvi.
Now argue on these two points. Try again.
Oh great, Prithvi? Are you kidding me? Since when Prithvi becomes a battle class weapon? Do you just think any short range missile is theatre ballistic missile at any time? No, my friend, the mobility, accuracy and reaction-time make Prithvi unsuitable for a battle. That is why Indian generals suddenly ask for new missile against those land based targets within Tibet. Besides, Prithvi has never trained for that kind of role so far.
That you are clueless as fuck.
You sound like a 15 year old boy.
Survivability of Brahmos depends on its speed, low level flying and can do near vertical dives same as every other subsonic missile.
2.8 Mach is not kind of high speed that today's air-defense system can’t handle.
Low level flying? Well, not low enough in the land.
Valley hugging in the Himalayas. Do the mighty Chinese have that techonology? Would you like to share an example?
Well, China is not the one to use supersonic missile in the land war. So, just tell me does brahmos have valley hugging capability or not!
Trouble reading? I gave you two examples of US & Russia coming up with two very distinct philosophy of Anti ship missiles, you again bullshited your way through by muddying the waters.
Is Kh101 an AshM?
This is what you wrote;
Where are the examples for the question I asked? Where is the American hypersonic AshM? Where is the Russian stealth AshM?
Either provide the source or shut the fuck up.
Is this an AshM? I specifically asked for AshM.
Wow, do you have memory problem? We are talking about land war on Sino-India border, who is discussing anti-ship warefare?
Here is your first words:
Russia is putting faith in a hypersonic missile like Zircon, US on the other hand went with a stealthy subsonic alternative.
Here is your second response:
Sure, would you like to provide sources for each of these claims?
Because last I checked Putin came up with a nuclear powered cruise missile of unknown speed and there is not a single program in the US that is yet to reach even pre-production levels.
On the other hand both hypersonic Zircon and subsonic AGM-158C are about to enter production in Russia and US respectively.
Tell me in which part you specifically asking for AshM? We have been talking about land war, why on earth you suddenly turn to anti-ship missile. I have never argue about anti-ship missile.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentago...-prepares-its-own-arsenal-will-it-be-in-time/
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/...apons-a-few-years-after-russia-and-china.html
It shows the priorities different militaries put on very different weapon systems. Something that clearly escapes you.
Yes, different priorities. But doesn’t mean they don’t need. This priority is decided by their technological capability and resources allocation. Obviously, Russia also requires stealth cruise missile while US is also working on hypersonic weapon.
Where is the source genius? Your hit and run tactics won't work on me.
Either provide the source or shut the fuck up.
Ok, here it is:
http://freebeacon.com/national-secu...ping-new-scramjet-powered-hypersonic-missile/
This is not the first time you tried to pull the wool in front of the reader's eyes. This is also not the first time, you made an asinine claim without providing sources.
You can muddy the waters all you want, I'll keep calling you on your bullshit.
Well, it is your right call other people’s opinions bullshit. After all, fools always call others bull shit.
And until today, I haven’t seen any Indian member here giving another explanation why Russia and US don’t use supersonic CM in a land war.
