China is increasing its air force to fight India in high mountainous areas

China is increasing its air strength to counter India in high altitude areas. Chinese own helicopters have failed in these places. So he is buying Combat chopper from Russia. According to intelligence agency sources, China is taking about 500 Mi-17 helicopters from Russia in the next four years. It includes three different variants of the Mi chopper. 140 of these helicopters have also been delivered to China.

The deadlock on the Line of Actual Control between India and China has continued in Eastern Ladakh since May last year. The soldiers of both the countries are standing face to face. According to experts, in traditional warfare, India may outstrip China on high altitude areas. In the case of air power also, India has the upper hand. So he is taking many steps to strengthen himself. China’s own Z-10 ME and Z-20 helicopters have failed in the altitude.

Chinese helicopter cannot save itself
The cap-capacity of the Z-10 and Z-20 chopper engines is not high enough. It is also not effective in elevating the troops required for one-to-one fighting. The Z-20 is not a multifunction combat chopper. It does not have weapons and also does not have armor protection. Armor protection means that if someone attacks from outside, there is nothing in this helicopter that it can protect itself. It also does not have an outboard fuel tank.

China’s Chengdu J-20 fighter aircraft is also not very capable in high altitude areas. China says the J-20 is a fifth-generation aircraft, but experts say the J-20 has a third-generation engine. Its payload capacity is lower than the fighter jet Rafale that India has. China is carrying three variants of Mi-171, Mi-171E, Mi-171SH and Mi-171LT from Russia. The Indian Army already has Mi-17 helicopters.

Indian Air Force is far ahead
The Cambridge-based Welfare Center for Science and International Affairs did a research on the Indo-China military strength, saying that the Indian Airforce is far ahead of China when compared to the air force of China and India. The airbases in the Chinese occupied Tibet Autonomous Region are at an altitude of about 14000 feet.

Although Tibet is a plateau region, but its altitude is higher than the sea level and this is the reason why Chinese aircraft cannot fly at this altitude with full payload. This means that fuel will have to be kept low as well as weapons. In contrast, most of the Indian Air Force airbases are in plane areas and can fly with full payload, that is, at full capacity.