Japan wants to be familiar with Chinese fighters with Indian military exercises

India's "Eurasian Times" said on the 11th that India and Japan are strengthening bilateral military cooperation to "strive to hold the first Indian Japanese fighter exercise early." It is mentioned that the Indian Air Force will dispatch the Russian Su-30MKI fighter to confront the F-15J fighter of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, so that Japan will have the opportunity to take the opportunity to learn about the performance of the same type of heavy fighters in China.

Indian Air Force's Su-30MKI fighter.

It is reported that India's Minister of Defense Lennete Singh, Foreign Minister Su Jieyon, and Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng and Defense Minister Hamada Yichi held a "2+2" talks in Tokyo on the 8th. The Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement, "The Indian Japan agrees that the first fighter exercise will be held early to pave the way for the greater cooperation and interoperability of the two countries' air forces."

It is said that as early as the first "2+2" talks in India and Japan in 2019, the two sides decided to hold a joint fighter exercise. At that time, the Su-30MKI fighter was planned to dispatch in India. In June 2020, he was trained with the F-15 fighter aircraft of the Aviation Self-Defense Force at the Japanese Kobashi Base in Japan. However, due to the popularity of the new crown pneumonia, the exercise was postponed, and in July 2021, it was changed to fight against the Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter at the Baili Base in Japan. Eventually canceled.

"At the same time, due to China's increasing threat to Japan's security, Japan has been anxiously waiting for joint exercises with the Su-30MKI fighter of the Indian Air Force." The Ministry of Defense of Japan claimed that as of the past 12 months of March, in the past 12 months of the past 12 months "In order to intercept the close Sino -Russian fighter", the Japanese Aviation Self -Defense Force fighter aircraft emergency took a total of 1004 times, an increase of 279 times over the same period last year. "This is the second highest number after the Japan Airlines Self -Defense Force set an urgent record of 1168 records in 2016." It is reported that the Chinese Air Force equipment has the Su-30 series fighters and other jet fighters based on Russia's original design. Therefore, joint training with the Indian Su-30MKI fighter is a very important experience for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force because it will be because it will Provide information on the basic capabilities of the Su-30 fighter aircraft for Japanese fighter pilots, such as air maneuverability, cruise range, fuel consumption, and maintenance turnover time. "If there is a potential conflict with China, this information is priceless for Japanese military planners."

According to Indian media, the Hindu Air Force's Su-30MKI multi-purpose fighter is 1.9 Mach, the maximum range of 3,000 kilometers, and the effective load capacity is 8 tons. Air missiles and KH-29L/T/Tye, KH-31A/P, KH-59M and other air-to-ground precision guidance weapons. "The most important thing is that the Indian Su-30MKI fighter has advanced avionics equipment and electronic warfare systems provided by Israel and France", which is more advanced than the Su-30MKK series fighters used in China.

Japan may dispatch an upgraded version of the F-15J fighter and Indian fighter jets for joint exercises. It is reported that the maximum speed of the F-15J fighter is 2.5 Mach, which can carry US-9, AIM-7 and AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, as well as the AAM-3 and AAM-4 air-to-air missiles developed by Japan. In addition, the upgraded version of F-15J will also be equipped with new electronic warfare systems and avionics equipment, including APG-82 active electronic scanning array radar and Boeing's advanced display core processor II, which is called "the world's most advanced in the world Task computer ". The Eurasian Times specifically mentioned that India's Su-30MKI engine is particularly suitable for the Japanese fighter pilots with vector thrust engines to "prepare for a fast-moving intra-empty battle battle scene."

Chinese military experts interviewed by a reporter from the Global Times said on the 12th that from the perspective of performance alone, the Indian Air Force's Su-30MKI fighter used the passive phase control array, three-wing-faced layout, vector thrust engine and other technologies, and the PLA The equipped Su-30 series fighters are actually different. The Japanese Aviation Self-Defense Force can master the basic capabilities of the Su-30 series fighters through the Su-30MKI fighter, but the impact of the fire control radar, avionics equipment and airborne weapons of modern fighters has increased on their combat effectiveness, such as Su Su The -30 series fighter jets have similar J-16 fighters, in fact, the performance is very different. Therefore, it is difficult for Japan to practice troops and find methods to deal with Chinese fighter jets. In addition, domestic fighters such as the J-10 and J-20 of the PLA have already got rid of the influence of Russian fighter jets, and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's "training" is not much targeted.

However, the expert also emphasized that the continued approach of Japan and India's defense cooperation is worthy of vigilance. According to the Eurasian Times, in 2020, Japan and India signed the "Agreement to Provide Mutual Works of Materials and Labor" to allow armed forces of the two countries to share logistics services and supplies, which means that the Self -Defense Force can use important Indian military bases near the Malacca Strait to carry out an important military base near the Malacca Strait. For supplies, the Indian army can also use the Japanese Gypot Base. ▲

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