The world's top 10 air forces are revealed. India beats China completely? Chinese netizens: "The Str

According to the Global Times, the famous military website World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) recently released a 2022 global air power ranking, giving a list of the top ten air forces in the world. However, it is surprising that the Indian Air Force actually surpassed the Chinese Air Force and ranked sixth.

According to the website, this is the result of tracking the status of nearly 50,000 military aircraft in 98 countries and regions around the world, including fighters, bombers, attack aircraft, transport aircraft, trainers and special mission aircraft. The website also said that the ranking is very scientific, taking into account various factors that affect air combat capabilities, such as the total number of military aircraft, modernization level, logistics maintenance capabilities, attack and defense capabilities. It even included relevant aspects such as the production capacity of each country's aviation industry and the actual combat experience of the aviation forces into the assessment scope.

At first glance, the assessment method seems to be quite reasonable. Is our air force really weaker than India's, where planes crash every now and then?

If you take it seriously, you will lose. Let's put it this way, this so-called top ten list is extremely watered down, and it is very likely that the website was specially customized to meet the needs of some defense companies or intelligence agencies. They will do it when they are having fun, so let's not get involved.

Some people may say that we should look at it rationally, face up to the gap between us and India, and not underestimate the enemy, etc. However, such remarks are forced to be rational without considering the facts, and there are big problems in mentality.

Why do you say that? Take this list for example. The data on the website shows that the Chinese Air Force is stronger than India in almost every indicator. For example, in terms of the aviation industry, China can completely develop and produce special mission aircraft such as early warning aircraft, tankers, transport aircraft, and electronic warfare aircraft by itself, while India can only rely on imports. In terms of fifth-generation aircraft, China began to equip the J-20 stealth fighter as early as 2017, while India has not equipped any so far. But none of this matters. What matters is the result. After a series of complex calculations by the website, the score of the Chinese Air Force is lower than that of India.

Another reason why this ranking is of little reference value is that many of the data in the reference items in this list are military secrets and have never been made public by my country. Therefore, facing the almost "transparent" Indian Air Force, we are at a slight disadvantage in terms of data.

For example, in the details page of this ranking, most of the air forces participating in the ranking have a "purchase order" item, which reflects the number and type of military aircraft that each air force will purchase in the future. This column is also listed as a scoring item. However, this item is not published in the details page of the Chinese Air Force, so it is zero points. As we all know, whether India buys its own "Glorious" fighter or the French "Rafale" fighter, it invites the media to report on the purchase, making it known to everyone.

Another interesting thing about this ranking is that the first five places on the list are occupied by the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and US Army Air Force respectively. A quick search of the data would not lead to such a ranking. You should know that the US Army's air force is mainly based on helicopters, which are simply targets in front of fixed-wing fighters. This kind of goods can be ranked fourth, so you can imagine how much water this list has.

In fact, the strength of an army depends on the evaluation of its opponents. As the main opponent of the Chinese Air Force, the commander of the US Air Force, Charles Brown, made some comments on the development of China's military power some time ago. Although there is suspicion of asking Congress for military funds, it can also explain some problems. He said that by 2035, China will be able to surpass the United States in aviation dominance.

In addition, U.S. Air Force Secretary Kendall also said that although the number of the J-20, the only stealth fighter currently in service in the Chinese Air Force, is much smaller than that of the U.S. military as a whole, this situation is changing rapidly, mainly because of the scale of China's continued production and upgrading of the J-20 fighter force, and the U.S.'s previous advantage in the number of stealth fighters over China is facing a shaken situation.

China is a great country with thousands of years of civilization. Unlike Gorbachev, we will not be complacent because of the praise from our opponents. We have always understood a truth, that is, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. We have a very clear understanding of the gap between us and the advanced level of the world today. The humiliating history of modern times always reminds us that we will be beaten if we lag behind. Now we work hard and quietly develop our national defense forces in order to prevent that humiliating history from repeating itself. As for those false rankings that have no substantive meaning, they can no longer cause us any emotional fluctuations.

Surprisingly, India, a country with thousands of years of history, was not able to keep its cool. As soon as the top ten list was released, the whole country of India was in an uproar. Their media and netizens ignored the fact that they had a huge gap in strength with China and were full of "proud" online. They even claimed that the Indian Air Force could completely defeat the Chinese Air Force. Seeing these comments from Indian netizens, Chinese netizens were quite humorous and said: The Strategic Research Institute did a great job!