The Indian army made a series of mistakes, and the results can be imagined.

As the distance approached, the Indian army realized that it was not a JF17, but a fighter that had not been encountered before, and then judged it to be a JF20.

However, the Indian army still did not choose to retreat.

Is 12 JF20s remarkable?

Apparently, the Indian Air Force does not think so.

You know, the U30Ki is the only heavy fighter in South Asia, and it is also the most powerful fighter, and its air combat performance is in no way inferior to other fighters.

In the confrontation organized by the Indian army, U30Ki defeated the F35AI with its strong maneuverability.

When the distance was reduced to about 200 kilometers, the U30Ki's radar was finally able to detect the Pakistani fighters.

Subsequently, 24 U30KIs activated the radar and began to prepare for the attack.

Of course, it was very early to launch the missile.

Quite simply, after detecting the target, it is necessary to lock on to the target, and then wait until it enters the range of the missile before launching the missile to attack.

When dealing with a target with an R-value of less than 1 square meter, the U30Ki will definitely not lock on to more than 100 kilometers.

Soon, the Indian pilots flying the U30ki discovered that they had been locked by Pakistani fighter jets, and the distance between the two sides was more than 150 kilometers.

It's just that the Indian pilots did not turn to evade.

Why?

Although there is enough intelligence to suggest that the JF20 is equipped with the most advanced active phased array radar provided by Huaxia, and the detection range of the U30K is more than 250 kilometers, and the locking range is more than 150 kilometers, there is no intelligence that the JF20 has an air-to-air missile with a range of more than 150 kilometers.

Of course, there are indeed such long-range air-to-air missiles, and the Huaxia Air Force has quite a few.

The problem is that Huaxia did not sell such missiles to Pakistan.

In addition, long-range air-to-air missiles are too large and too heavy, and are generally used to attack high-value targets such as early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft.

Receiving limitations on maneuverability, long-range air-to-air missiles are of little value against fighters.

Theoretically, outside the power range, that is, at the end of the trajectory, the maximum overload of a long-range air-to-air missile is less than 20g, while attacking a target such as a fighter requires a maximum overload of at least 30g, so even if it is attacked by a long-range air-to-air missile, the fighter can get rid of it.

Soon, the distance was reduced to 120 kilometers.

The 24 U30KIS have successively switched the radar to continuous tracking, that is, lock-on mode, in preparation for the launch of missiles.

In previous years, the Indian Air Force managed to introduce a batch of R77D air-to-air missiles from Russia, all of which were used on the U30Ki.

The theoretical maximum range of this missile is 120 kilometers.

Of course, in the event of a head-on attack, the actual effective range is up to 80 km.

It's just that in medium-range air-to-air missiles, it is already considered very good.

Why?

There are not many air-to-air missiles with a power range of 80 kilometers, and there are only three in the world, the American AI120D, the European "Meteor", and the Russian R77D.

In addition to the "Meteor", which uses a Chongyang engine, the other two use a dual-thrust rocket engine.

As for Huaxia's D10, because it uses a single-thrust rocket engine, it has a power range of up to 60 kilometers, and it has not yet reached 80 kilometers.

To ensure that nothing goes wrong, pilots generally launch missiles within the powered range.

If a missile is launched outside the power range, the enemy aircraft only needs to turn to avoid the incoming missile.

Those JF20s are very maneuverable and agile, so after a missile attack, they will definitely immediately turn to evade.

And that's exactly what happened.

As the distance was reduced to 80 kilometers, 24 U30KIS began to lock onto targets, aiming at two targets each, ensuring that four missiles were used against one JF20.

Obviously, no matter how good the performance of the fighter, it will definitely not be able to avoid 4 R77D.

It was also when the U30Ki launched missiles one after another, and those JF20s began to turn.

Obviously, the Pakistani pilots are very aware of the performance of the R77D, and they know that if they continue to approach, they will not even be able to escape the missile's lore range.

It's just that just a few seconds later, 24 U30Ki were attacked by missiles.

JF20 actually launched a missile ahead of schedule!

In fact, when the distance was still about 120 kilometers, 12 JF20s launched the missiles they carried.

Not D10a, but D10.

This missile, which also uses a dual-thrust rocket engine and is equipped with an active radar guidance head, has a dynamic range of up to 100 kilometers.

If the U30Ki turns in time, it will be able to avoid these missiles.

The problem is that those JF20s have been continuously illuminating the U30Ki with radar, thus making the Indian pilots negligent and not taking it seriously.

If anything, there are too few missiles.

These JF20s all carried two large drop fuel tanks, although a matching pylon, with two D10s attached to the middle hardpoint of the wing, and each carrying only four medium-range air-to-air missiles, while the outer hardpoints of the wings carried combat missiles.

That is, each U30Ki was attacked by 2 missiles.

If the JF20 is able to carry a few more missiles, the downed U30Ki will definitely be.

After being attacked by missiles, all U30KIs abandoned the last guidance work and immediately switched to evasion, but it was too late.

Although it exceeded the power range, it was too close.

In addition, the maneuverability of the U30Ki is not as good as it is boasted.

Relatively speaking, what the vector nozzle gives to the U30ki is agility, that is, horizontal maneuverability, because it is still the AL31 engine, plus the vector nozzle will lose part of the thrust, and the weight of the U30ki itself is relatively large, so its vertical maneuverability is very bad.

It can be said that among the fighters derived from the U27, the U30Ki has the worst vertical maneuverability.

When it comes to evading medium-range air-to-air missiles that have reached their dynamic range, especially those that are already approaching, the most ideal option is to climb high.

Why?

After exceeding the power range, the missile's engine will stop working and fly by inertia, so when climbing, it is equivalent to exchanging kinetic energy for potential energy.

The problem is that the U30ki's climbing performance is really terrible.

As a result, at least half of the Indian pilots did not choose to climb, but instead chose to dive, hoping to get rid of the missiles by diving.

In fact, this is also the result of the U30ki's poor climbing performance.

Why?

In daily training, Indian pilots have no confidence in the U30ki's climbing performance, and they have formed a habit of not liking to climb.

In the event of an emergency, it is natural to deal with it in the usual way.

In fact, even if the U30ki's climbing performance is very poor, as long as it reacts in time, it can still avoid the incoming missiles by climbing.

This is also true, not a single U30Ki that chose to climb to avoid was shot down.

Of the U30Ki that chose to dive, only one escaped, and the other 11 were all caught up by missiles during the dive, and all were shot down.