Chinese CM-400 Hypersonic Missile Destroys India's S-400 Air Defence System -- Xinhua
Pakistan successfully targeted and destroyed an Indian S-400 air defense system in Adampur, located in Jalandhar district of India's Punjab state, in an airstrike on Saturday, the Pakistani military said in a statement.
The strike was carried out using hypersonic missiles deployed from the JF-17 platform, with precision-guided munitions neutralizing the advanced air defense asset, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military wing of the Pakistani army, said in the statement.
The S-400 system, estimated to be worth around $1.5 billion, was considered one of India's most sophisticated surface-to-air missile systems, the statement added.
Military analysts told Xinhua that the successful targeting of the S-400 could have significant implications for India's aerial defense posture in the region.
The strike is a part of Pakistan's major military operation "Bunyanun Marsoos," meaning concrete structure, launched in response to sustained Indian provocations, and aimed at targeting multiple high-value military installations across India, according to the ISPR.
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I believe the J10C fighter jets, the PL15E hypersonic air to air missiles and the CM-400AKG hypersonic missiles used by Pakistan are not the top end of the Chinese weapons system. These are just the export versions of the more sophisticated weapons now used by the PLA. The West has much to think about in trying to take on China in any conflict, thinking it will be like taking candy from a kid, just like during the opium war period. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and little can be gained by just touting about Western superiority while dismissing Chinese weapons always as junk.
The Indians think they have stumbled on a gold mine, with parts of the PL15E that probably took down a Rafale jet, now in their hands. These are from export versions of Chinese weapons, probably already years behind in innovation and design. China's advancements in weapons system can be gauged from China's speed in innovation in EVs, semiconductors and manufacturing.
S400 defense system is now proven to be unreliable in the face of hypersonic missiles like the CM-400 travelling at Mach 5 and above, using satellite navigation, and if I do not read incorrectly, using the radar of the S400 to guide it to its target.
Suffice to say, no defense system is now foolproof in the face of technology innovation, which goes to show why Israel's 'Iron Dome' is going out of fashion. The Iranians know how to overcome it, so does the Houthis. It was a loophole exposed by the Lebanese and Hezbollah.
The Anglophiles in ASEAN would still want to believe angmoh tua kee, everything from the West is the best and willing to pay through their noses, willing to be cheated and called suckers.
Some will even said flute shot. Only the cocky Indians know what hit them. If the Indians are willing to concede defeat, be very sure it is real.
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