Our border area with India is in a state of tension again. Although the outside world's understanding of the facts is very limited, the Indian media has made a lot of hype, trying to create an atmosphere in which India has an advantage in confrontation.
Although the border conflict has subsided, India's follow-up actions are also very puzzling. India's air exercises in the eastern part of the border between the two countries are extremely provocative. In this case, we also sent J- 10, J- 16, No Reconnaissance 7, Air Police 500 and other military aircraft to the high-altitude airport to show our attitude with practical actions.
India's radar system simply can't cope with such a scene. Indian military aircraft took off frequently after receiving false signals, but we didn't find our military aircraft. Therefore, there are even many contradictions between the radar forces and the fighter forces, and the attitude of the Indian media has also begun to change, thinking that India's strength is limited.
This situation also fully shows that India's shortcomings in electronic warfare are obvious and there is good news. The drone contract negotiations between India and the United States have ended. If it can be successfully finalized, India will buy 30 American MQ9B UAVs at a high price of $3 billion. It is said that these drones will be assembled in India, which will inevitably involve technology transfer, which is also the main reason for the protracted negotiations between India and the United States.
However, the Indian media are very dissatisfied with this order. The Eurasian Times pointed out that the unit price of MQ9B UAV purchased by India is as high as 1 100 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the price of China's fifth-generation fighter J-20. It's too expensive. More importantly, even if MQ9B UAV is installed in India, it can't deter us in the border areas.
MQ9B UAV has excellent performance in all aspects. It can not only track the target, but also scan a large area quickly. At the same time, it can also undertake all-weather monitoring tasks. It can carry a variety of American missiles. According to the actual demand of India, it is indeed a good choice.
The crux of the problem is that this kind of UAV in the United States does have an advantage in the face of opponents with poor air defense combat capability, but our air defense combat capability is already perfect, and it is still improving. We are also a big UAV country. In this case, India can't take advantage of only 30 MQ9B UAVs. Although India regards us as rivals, it neither fully understands our strength nor has a clear understanding of its own strength. In a word, it is difficult for India to gain an advantage in the confrontation with us by continuously importing advanced equipment.
It can also be seen from India's high-priced purchase of drones that if a country really wants to improve its military strength, it must take independent research and development as its own goal. It is precisely because technology is controlled that India has to go through long negotiations and pay a high price to get a limited number of drones. India's fighters are mainly Russian fighters, and it is also possible to send French "Gust" fighters. The drones are produced in the United States. In this case, the overall coordination among various Indian military aircraft will be greatly reduced, which will also affect the combat capability, which will be a fatal flaw in actual combat.
On the other hand, we established the road of independent research and development early, and made a breakthrough by relying on our own efforts and exploration. Now our military strength has been recognized and the research and development of weapons and equipment is relatively backward.