PLA strike strategies in westpac HIC

00CuriousObserver

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Would love to see an infographic depicting the overall WESTPAC HIC in the 2030s (which also involves other parts of the INDOPAC), as well as how neutralizing 1/2ICs would look (this addresses such an assumption, and both campaigns may happen in short sequence).
 

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Would love to see an infographic depicting the overall WESTPAC HIC in the 2030s (which also involves other parts of the INDOPAC), as well as how neutralizing 1/2ICs would look (this addresses such an assumption, and both campaigns may happen in short sequence).

That would be an immense undertaking even just from a graphical pov let alone from depicting the details and conops and dispositions in a way that is partially accurate
 

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I think articles such as this explains the USAF logic very well and explains why B-21 if uncountered is such a great threat to China.
well, I don't disagree that B-21 is a threat, but there are plenty of other major threats like nuclear submarines for example. F-47 in the future and even B-52s operating from Alaska and Australia.
 

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Would love to see an infographic depicting the overall WESTPAC HIC in the 2030s (which also involves other parts of the INDOPAC), as well as how neutralizing 1/2ICs would look (this addresses such an assumption, and both campaigns may happen in short sequence).
given the pace of PLA"s transformation, I think that might be too much work. For example, I think just the revelations from 9/3 parade alone makes operating in the theater a lot harder for certain US assets. It remains to be seen how that works out.

Let's say DF-26D has 5000 km range and PLARF deploy it in a way that allows it to hit air field in Alaska. That certainly changes things.

If they can consistently push 093B past 2IC with 24 cell VLS that carries 1500km hypersonic missiles. Now, you have some new stuff for the people at Pearl Harbour to deal with
 

tamsen_ikard

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A supersonic missile generally creates too much heat to be low-observable
If supersonic missiles cannot be LO, then supersonic fighters wouldn't be LO. Being LO doesn't have much relations with speed. Even hypersonic missiles will reflect radio waves the same way a subsonic missile would. Yes, faster missiles will have more air-drag and thus will generate more heat, but that is Heat detection rather than radar.
 

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If supersonic missiles cannot be LO, then supersonic fighters wouldn't be LO. Being LO doesn't have much relations with speed. Even hypersonic missiles will reflect radio waves the same way a subsonic missile would. Yes, faster missiles will have more air-drag and thus will generate more heat, but that is Heat detection rather than radar.

LO does encompass thermal detection as well.

The Euro fighter Pirate IRST requirement is supposedly 64km for a supersonic fighter and 37km on military day thrust.

These are useful detection ranges.
 

AndrewS

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If they can consistently push 093B past 2IC with 24 cell VLS that carries 1500km hypersonic missiles. Now, you have some new stuff for the people at Pearl Harbour to deal with

If Chinese submarines have gotten past the 2IC, they have the entire Pacific Ocean to work with. It's all empty water.

So it's not just Pearl Harbour. Think San Diego, Seattle, Panama Canal, California's aerospace factories, Alaska, Australia, etc etc
 

dingyibvs

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Such missiles will have tiny warheads if they have to be supersonic/hypersonic. So there's no way they can be effective anti-ship weapons. Better to focus the J-20 and J-35 on air superiority, so they can find the opposing ships and then cue other weapons (such as the DF-26 for example)

Maybe not ASMs, but ARMs could be useful. Knocking out enemy radars is quite an useful capability.
 
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