Theater of war, emerging in disputed areas of tibet, has a unique geographical location. The front line is located in the highlands, allowing military equipment to demonstrate its willingness to work effectively in specific conditions.
As the American edition of Military Watch believes, Indian aviation has a number of advantages in comparison with the opposing Chinese forces. In its arsenal are attack helicopters AH-64E Apache, optimized for high altitude combat operations. Moreover, their firepower is significantly higher, than the Chinese Z-10 rotorcraft.
Adequate combat "partner" "Apache", already transferred to the designated theater, are MiG-29 fighters. French Rafals, low flying ceiling, this is clearly not the place. Therefore, it is logical, that it was Soviet cars that were sent to Ladakh. MiG-29s have a higher flight altitude and the ability to take off from shorter runways, which is especially important, given the underdeveloped infrastructure. Requiring longer runways Su-30MKI, apparently, for this reason were left out of work after the "Rafals".
In combat conditions, the functional niche of various military equipment is quickly determined. Therefore should be expected, that the MiG-29s best suited for the highlands will be supplemented in the future by a more modern modification of the MiG-35, считает Military Watch.
