China’s air defense system could not save Pakistan from Iranian missiles, it was failing again and again, Dragon defeated!
After Iran’s recent missile and drone attack on Pakistan, the question is being raised whether the Pakistani Army is not capable of protecting its airspace because Pakistan’s airspace has been repeatedly violated in the last few years. Is. Pakistan Army claims to have a strong air defense system, these have been purchased at huge expense. Most of these have been taken from China, which has failed to protect Pakistani airspace.
The US Air Force spent three hours and six minutes inside Pakistan during the Abbottabad raid to kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011. The Pakistani air defense system neither detected their arrival nor their departure. The US Air Force entered Pakistan’s airspace through the Afghanistan border and returned after killing Osama. Similarly, in February 2019, when Indian Air Force aircraft entered Pakistan’s airspace to target the training camps of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, the defense system of Pakistan Air Force could not respond to them in time.
Pakistan’s air defense system has shown failure
An Indian BrahMos missile accidentally launched in March 2022 covered a distance of 124 kilometers inside Pakistani territory in 3 minutes and 44 seconds. The missile emanating from Sirsa in Haryana entered Pakistan from Suratgarh in Rajasthan at 18.43 pm and fell inside Pakistan at 18.50 pm. The place where BrahMos fell is Mian Channu, about 160 km from Bahawalpur. The Pakistani Army later claimed that its defense systems knew about the launch of the BrahMos missile for 7 minutes while it was in Pakistani airspace. However, this statement raised more questions as to why Pakistan’s air defense was not able to stop the missile from entering Pakistan’s airspace despite knowing about it. Last week, on January 16, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out attacks targeting training camps of terrorist group Jaish-ul-Adl in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. The result was once again the same, Pakistan’s air defense system could not stop these attacks.
Pakistani air defense mostly has weapons purchased from China. In 2021, Pakistan acquired the Chinese-made HQ-9 air defense system, also known as FD-2000, a long-range surface-to-air missile system. It is designed to shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles. The Pakistan Air Force also uses the American TPS-77 long range air surveillance radar and the Chinese YLC-18A multi-role radar. Both are long-range radar systems that claim to detect and track hostile aircraft over a large area.
Why is heavy technology failing?
In March 2017, the Pak Army also inducted the Chinese LY-80 Low to Medium Altitude Air Defense System, which it claimed could track and destroy various air targets at long ranges while flying at low and medium altitudes. Is capable of. Pakistani and Chinese military experts had said about it that it can shoot down fighter jets, cruise missiles and drones. According to experts, one LY-80 battery can provide protection up to 8,000 square km. Each battery has illumination and pointing radar and four launchers. The Pakistani Army also operates two separate Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft Systems. These are the Saab 2000 Aeriye developed by the Swedish company Saab and the Chinese ZDK-03 which includes the AESA radar mounted on the Y-8F600 aircraft.
Despite the Pakistani Army having such a developed air defense system and weapons, it is not able to protect its airspace. Its airspace is being violated again and again. This suggests that either these systems are experiencing breakdowns due to lack of maintenance, or they are not as efficient as the manufacturers claim. Or it may also happen that they are being handled by untrained personnel.
