How to fight for air supremacy against the J10Cs?

 The J10Cs is now the only battle proven air superiority fighter aircraft in the world. It earns its formidable reputation in a modern air battle involving more than 120 aircrafts from two opposing forces. A 6-0 kill record is just too good to be true, but is true, confirmed by the Americans and the French, the manufacturer of the supposedly world best Rafales. Latest reports from intelligence sources put the number at 8-0 and as high as 11-0 score.

Military strategists must all be huddling in little corners reviewing and studying how the battle was fought and how to take on the J10Cs in future encounters. After WW2, the Operation Sindoor conducted by the Indian air force against Pakistan was the first real air battle of significance in terms of aircraft involved. From all the reports culled from the Indian side, the strategy and battle order of the Indian air force were from the textbook of the British RAF, developed from the experience of the Battle of Britain. For those that believed that the Americans and Brits have a lot of war experience to put them in a better position than their enemies were met with a rude shock, that all the experience of WW2 should be dumped into the waste bin. They are totally irrelevant and useless in modern warfare and fighting with modern weapons and technology.

The textbook strategy of the Indian air force was to build a defensive wall of fighter aircraft, in combat air patrol, guarding the approaches along the Indian Pakistan border. The Indians deployed all their radars and could see all the Pakistani aircraft across the border, and laid in wait for them, ready to intercept them. Nothing wrong with this strategy as it is basic tactics in air defence.

What the Indians did not understand were the performance and kill range of the Pakistani aircraft and air to air missiles and the capability of the AWACS. While the Indians were patrolling passively from a distance, waiting for the attack by the Pakistanis, even thinking they have time to play computer games on their mobilephones while in the air, the Pakistanis were lining up for the kill, enemy within range. The J10Cs were like snipers and the PL15s were the killer rifles. They have all the time to take aim and launched the missiles for the kill from the safety of distance. The Indian pilots did not know what was happening until they were hit. The rest is history.

The Israeli air force's superiority against the Arab states is now a matter of the past. The Israeli air force could attack and bomb freely against all Arab states with their superior fighter aircraft while the Arab states were having inferior aircraft and air defence system that were unable to stop the Israelis. It was a case of the Israelis can hit the Arab states but the latter cannot hit back. The treacherous Americans made it that way...but no more when real Chinese weapons are now available.

What if the Egyptians and Saudis bought the J10Cs and deployed them to cover the Israeli sky? It would be like putting a cover over Israel. The proximity of the Egypt and Saudi Arabia would mean that all Israeli aircraft in the air would be within the kill range of the J10Cs and the PL15s. When war is declared, the Egyptians and Saudis could shoot down every Israeli aircraft that took to the sky, and before they leave the Israeli sky. No Israeli aircraft can get closer to the J10Cs without being detected and shot down.

The Israelis' first mover advantage and surprise element would not be there. They could try to fly low level to avoid detection, but not for long as they would still need to gain height to attack the J10Cs and targets in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Israelis would have to seek alternative weapons to take down the J10Cs from a distance, ie with air to air or ground to air missiles. Until they can do that, the J10C operating system will be an effective cover over Israel, a cover over the Israel Iron Dome, to keep Israeli aircraft on the ground.

With this air cover, the Israelis would no longer be able to launch sneak attacks against Egypt and Saudi Arabia freely. And likely both would also be deploying the HQ9 or HQ29 air defence system to take out low flying Israeli aircraft. The Israeli air superiority over the Arab states would not be the same again. The Arab states can acquire all the J10Cs they need to keep the Israeli aircraft at a distance, in the case of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, there is no distance to talk about. The PL15s has a kill range of 200km. The PL17s has a kill range of more than 300km. These are the game changers.

Can the Israelis still maintain air superiority over their Arab neighbours when the latter now have real and effective weapons that are as good or more superior to the Israelis, unlike the con jobs the Americans sold to the Arabs in the past? The J10Cs and J35s are coming to turn the tide against the Israelis. The F35s are a con job when its stealth is no longer stealth in the face of Chinese radars using quantum technology. The Egyptians and the Saudis can rule the sky with the J10Cs and the J35s.