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The Jaguars forming the Charger flight had taken off from the base minutes after it was assured that the missile threat was over, for now. Some of the jets were already fully armed and fueled ready for a situation exactly like this one. They were being escorted by Reaper flight of four Rafales from 14th Squadron from the same airbase. Their sister squadron, 17th ”Golden Arrows” had scored the first kills for the base by shooting down nearly a dozen Pakistani jets and the morale was high. But most of them were old and obsolete Pakistani ground attack jets. It was going to be different on the Chinese front with significantly more advanced enemy aircraft and ground based anti-aircraft cover.
Some of the Mig-29s from Leh were diverted to Jammu after the missile hits and two of them were getting into the air after being refueled and rearmed.
There were reports of a new HQ-16 SAM battery deployed near Heweitan in addition to the HQ-9 long ranged SAM battery a few km further east. Latter was a copy of the lethal Russian S-300 system. PLA was spending a lot of effort to keep its lines of supplies and communications intact. This also made the job of Indian pilots of providing air support to ground troops quite a bit more difficult. Their flight path was decided after taking into account the threat posed by these SAMs.
Radar operators on Netra noticed four J-11s entering the extreme detection range of their radars a few seconds after Jaguars had passed Nyoma. A KJ-2000 which had been in the sky since before the attack started had its own two escorts which were detected earlier. But they had not entered the fight and had stayed close to their precious asset. They could be rushed forward to intercept the Indian jets as soon as they were detected, bringing the number of enemy fighters to six. The Indian jets were flying as low as possible using the high mountain ranges on the eastern side to escape detection by Chinese long range radars.
“Charger-One, four J-11s are in the air roughly 220 km north-east of your assigned target areas.”Wars between nations don’t start based on a single incident nor are they fought by just the combatants alone. Starting a war in the shadow of a nuclear umbrella is something that no responsible nation state will consider lightly. Yet, Pakistan has done it once in 1999 with India and its biggest ally China is virtually on the same path. Yet it has the sense to stop from pushing too hard and most such provocations fizzle out in time.
But what happens if things don’t go as expected? Any wild card like a rogue general, a stronger than usual Indian response by a hawkish regime or any other factor can quickly escalate the minor border clashes to a full-fledged war leading to a nuclear exchange.
This book explores these possibilities in two parts. The first one covers the incidents of statecraft, spycraft, provocations, terrorism and perception management which are more or less routine matters for most nations. The last few chapters cover a two-front war involving India on one side and Pakistan and China on the other and how it could go considering each side has nuclear weapons. The warfare has been described keeping current capabilities and ORBAT (Order Of Battle) of all sides in mind. It is of course not 100% accurate, but close enough for the purpose. Interested readers can take a look at some sample chapters at accurate Order of Battle (ORBAT) of Chinese and Pakistani armed forces at
Some of the Mig-29s from Leh were diverted to Jammu after the missile hits and two of them were getting into the air after being refueled and rearmed.
There were reports of a new HQ-16 SAM battery deployed near Heweitan in addition to the HQ-9 long ranged SAM battery a few km further east. Latter was a copy of the lethal Russian S-300 system. PLA was spending a lot of effort to keep its lines of supplies and communications intact. This also made the job of Indian pilots of providing air support to ground troops quite a bit more difficult. Their flight path was decided after taking into account the threat posed by these SAMs.
Radar operators on Netra noticed four J-11s entering the extreme detection range of their radars a few seconds after Jaguars had passed Nyoma. A KJ-2000 which had been in the sky since before the attack started had its own two escorts which were detected earlier. But they had not entered the fight and had stayed close to their precious asset. They could be rushed forward to intercept the Indian jets as soon as they were detected, bringing the number of enemy fighters to six. The Indian jets were flying as low as possible using the high mountain ranges on the eastern side to escape detection by Chinese long range radars.
“Charger-One, four J-11s are in the air roughly 220 km north-east of your assigned target areas.”Wars between nations don’t start based on a single incident nor are they fought by just the combatants alone. Starting a war in the shadow of a nuclear umbrella is something that no responsible nation state will consider lightly. Yet, Pakistan has done it once in 1999 with India and its biggest ally China is virtually on the same path. Yet it has the sense to stop from pushing too hard and most such provocations fizzle out in time.
But what happens if things don’t go as expected? Any wild card like a rogue general, a stronger than usual Indian response by a hawkish regime or any other factor can quickly escalate the minor border clashes to a full-fledged war leading to a nuclear exchange.
This book explores these possibilities in two parts. The first one covers the incidents of statecraft, spycraft, provocations, terrorism and perception management which are more or less routine matters for most nations. The last few chapters cover a two-front war involving India on one side and Pakistan and China on the other and how it could go considering each side has nuclear weapons. The warfare has been described keeping current capabilities and ORBAT (Order Of Battle) of all sides in mind. It is of course not 100% accurate, but close enough for the purpose. Interested readers can take a look at some sample chapters at accurate Order of Battle (ORBAT) of Chinese and Pakistani armed forces at
489 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 28, 2021
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