Indian Air Force vs Chinese Air Force: Two months ago, Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal AP Singh compared the Indian Air Force to the Chinese Air Force. Speaking to the media in October, Singh acknowledged that China has recently gained technological advantages over India. However, he stressed that the Indian Air Force remains far superior to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in terms of training and skills of its personnel.
This week, China announced two fifth-generation fighter jets, shocking not only India but the entire United States. With its advanced aircraft carriers and state-of-the-art fighter jets, many social media users believe China has a significant advantage over India. The dramatic debut of these new fighter jets has sparked a frenzy on Indian social media platforms.
Successive Indian governments and defense research agencies have come under increasing criticism, with users highlighting their inability to provide a completely indigenous, cutting-edge fighter system.
“Tejas has been despised for years, HF 24 was discontinued and Kaveri didn’t even test low speed and high speed taxi tests. Here’s a 3 minute video about the poor performance equipment the International Association of Athletics Federations acquired from overseas There is,” said a defense enthusiast.
Tejas was despised for years, HF 24 was canceled, Kaveri didn’t even test low speed and high speed taxi tests, but here’s a 3 minute video on the poor performing ones the IAF got from abroad (my Edited from Youtube video) pic.twitter .com/s3FZAXj56D
— shiv_cybersurg (@shiv_cybersurg) December 27, 2024
“This new Chinese jet has really confused people. Many are promoting it as a ‘sixth generation fighter,’ but it shares many vague similarities with the NGAD artistic depiction. This is because I do not believe this is a “sixth generation fighter”. But there’s still a lot to infer from the photos so far,” said another user.
This new Chinese jet has really thrown people into confusion. Many have promoted it as a “sixth generation fighter,” as it shares many vague similarities with artistic depictions of NGAD. I don’t believe this to be the case, but there’s still a lot to infer from the photos so far — pic.twitter.com/utqItKfsyy — Prez (@PrezGHz) December 26, 2024
A Chinese journalist said, “China’s 6th generation fighter jet was already introduced at the 2022 China Air Show. This model was left in the corner and did not attract much attention. Chinese state media has already announced that this is China’s sixth generation fighter jet. It hinted that it was something.” Next generation fighter jet. ”
China’s 6th generation fighter jet has already appeared at the 2022 China Air Show. The model was placed in a corner and didn’t attract much attention.
Chinese state media has already hinted that this is China’s next generation fighter jet. pic.twitter.com/AHHPKlBsB3 — Lee Zeshin (@XH_Lee23) December 27, 2024
“China is testing a prototype of a revolutionary tailless stealth fighter. Meanwhile, the Indians are racing to overtake the Chinese by mining the famous Pushpaka Vimana. They very wisely realized that this is the only way they can defeat or confuse the Chinese!” said another Indian user.
China is testing a prototype of an innovative tailless stealth fighter.
Meanwhile, Indians are vying to overtake the Chinese by mining the famous Pushpaka Vimana.
The Indians very wisely realized that this was the only way they could defeat or confuse the Chinese. pic.twitter.com/cIZEXqGBjS — JD (@jillsdaniel) December 27, 2024
India relies on Russian and French fighter jets for air-to-air combat. The country is importing Rafale fighter jets from France to ensure its air force is prepared for contingencies. The indigenous Tejas aircraft relies on Israel, Russia and Ukraine for some parts.
