The Pakistan Air Pressure (PAF) has held a “separate” aerial train with the Chinese language Folks’s Liberation Military Air Pressure (PLAAF) to additional improve its capabilities to defend the nation’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, mentioned the Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday.
The train “Indus Defend-Chinese language”, a bilateral module of “Train Indus Defend 2024”, featured Chinese language personnel and high-tech gear simulating modern aerial fight situations, added the ISPR.
“The profitable execution of such a large-scale train demonstrates PAF’s joint operational readiness amongst allied nations whereas addressing modern safety challenges,” mentioned the army’s media wing in a press release.
The train witnessed Chinese language AESA radar and long-range BVR missile outfitted J-16 and J-10C fighter plane, deadly HQ-22 surface-to-air defence system, potent airborne digital Warfare YTG-9 Platform, alongside KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning System being pitched towards PAF’s J-10C and JF-17 Block-III fighter jets.
It was aimed toward validating interoperability between China and Pakistan within the face of up to date air fight challenges and by simulating varied army techniques in a near-realistic multi-domain operations coaching atmosphere.
Indus Defend-Chinese language has maximised the war-fighting potential of each the collaborating air forces, added the assertion, famous the ISPR.
The train comes because the three branches of the nation’s armed forces typically maintain workout routines together with their counterparts from varied different international locations.
Final month, Pakistan and Russia held a two-week-long bilateral train titled Joint Train Druzhba-VII which aimed toward refining skilled abilities by way of joint coaching in addition to harnessing the historic military-to-military relations among the many pleasant international locations.
Earlier than that, the Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) participated in a bilateral train on the Arabian Sea with US Navy Ship USS O’Kane through the latter’s go to to Karachi.