Should India need the Su 34 for long range strike

Should India need the Su 34 for long range strike

      

       As talking emerges in the media and defense Analysts, Most of them prefer to buy one or two squadron of Su 34 Light Bomber Jet from the Russians, while India's Nuclear strategy based on the Ballistic missiles, but precesion striking is the most important term in today's and future warfare, If China never uses the Nuclear missiles during the war India also forced to not use the Ballistic missile, even Ballistic missiles can be armed with conventional warheads, But anyone easily thinks it's a Nuclear if they identified a Ballistic missile launched from Enemy territory. that's is based on the deterrence, mainly India uses the Ballistic missiles for Nuclear deterrence, the same goes for almost all other  countries.

     The Rafale game almost shifted the Indian Strike policy and rewritten, IAF has enough number of Deep strike attack aircrafts to strike deep in Pakistan, even their strategic places deep behind the Border, even locations like Quetta and Gwadar is easily target able using Conventional missiles like Brahmos and Airborne PGM's and Stand off missiles like Popeye and crystal mazes, even those situated more than 500 km outside the Indian Borders, so in future warfare the IAF can take complete control of Pakistan in an minutes, but the same is not regarding to China, 

     The Chinese has the capability to strike anywhere in India with their vintage era H6 Bomber, even they can be easily targeted by IAF fighter jets, if H6 comes with the Escort fighters like Su 27 clones, it's hard to intercept the cargo, even the H6 comes with Cruise missiles, so Chinese don't hesitate to carryout a suicidal missions. also China in big plans to build a new generation bomber to break heavily defended Indian Air space.

       Most of the Chinese Strategic buildings deep inside China, which is far more than 1000 kilometers from the Indian Borders, so the IAF has only one option using the Nirbhay Cruise missiles, even those Nirbhay's needs to be transported near to the Borders in order to launch the Strike, but during the war time the Borders become more sensitive, intense fighting will happen only in the borders, both of the Amry will fight each other face to face. so it's not a good option to move the Nirbhay Batteries near to the Borders,

     So India lacks of light bombers to strike deep in the Chinese hearts, no Su 30 or the Rafale can go deep inside the Chinese Strategic locations situated far from the Borders. The Russians have similar flights the Tu 22 and the Su 34 is the best choice for attacking long range targets, while Tu 22 almost outdated in modern technology, the New generation Su 34/32 Full back is the good Light bomber for such attacks.

    The Russians designed the Su 34 to penetrate the European missile shield and attacks the targets deep inside Europe, with cruise missiles and Precession guided munitions, for that The Russians added several kind of state of art electronic attack suites  and counter measures, not only with the wingtip Khibiney even with podded EW suites to defeat the European Target acquisition Radars, so it's clear it can also penetrate the Chinese air defense systems too,  also the Su 34 comes with incredible long range combat radius, the actual combat radius is not officially released, but the Su 34 can fly more than 1000 km and strike the target and return to the Home base. even in very low flying mode means lo lo lo mode, which means the Su 34 fly very low in all it's flight time with the Help of Terrain hugging and Mapping Radar, so it's hard to detect low flying aircrafts from the radars.

     The Su 34 comes with good payload, the official figures states nearly 12 tons of payload, the main weapon pylons can capable to hold 4 tons of Weapons, usually to carry heavy ordinance like FAB 1000, 2000 general purpose bombs,  those or not guided but can devastate the targeted buildings, they can be dropped like free falls, using visual guidance, A good option to Destroy strategic concrete buildings deep inside enemy targets, but the same option will be costlier and in effective if we compared to the missiles, a 300 kg warhead in the Brahmos is can be outperformed by the 1000 g free fall bombs, even one Su 34 can drop five such bombs. makes that good option for Startegic bombings.

       Even also the Su 34 can guide any missiles at the distance of 250 kilometers, the Su 34 comes with a Big Radar that can be switched into Air to Air, Air to ground and Air to Sea modes, ranging more than 200 kilometers.  so even if the Su 34 armed with three or five cruise missiles the Su 34 can guide them to strike the target. the Su 34 comes with plenty of Defensive options to evade from enemy interception, the Su 34 has a Radar in it's tail, which can guide R 73 heat Seeking IR guided Missiles, allows the Su 34 can fire the missiles with out taking a U turn, also with the EW systems and low flying characteristics, it's easy to escape from enemy without getting any damages.

      The Su 34 is a dream for the Air force, while many of them suggest the IAF to buy some pieces, earlier the E/A 18 Growler also discussed for special mission, now It's the Su 34, 

China Plans to Build new Long Range Bomber

China Plans to Build new Long Range Bomber

      Reports revels that China plans to build a new generation long range bomber to strike beyond 3000 kilometers of enemy territory, The Chinese has many numbers  of H 6 variants of subsonic long range Nuclear bombers their numbers reach more 100, the range of those Bombers is more than 2000 kilometers, China is the fourth country to use long range bombers after America Russia and England. those H 6 is a redesigned variants of the soviet era Tu 12, But China subsequently upgrades them and makes those Bombers Combat capable upto 2020. 

      Almost all H 6 E variants undergo upgrades in early 2007, and the updates includes structural changes, new composite materials for wings and Tails, improved Engine inlets, full digital and Glass cockpits, along with advanced counter measure systems and electronic attack systems.  China operates more than hundred of H 6K for Nuclear delivery from aerial platform. those H 6K can launch upto four CJ 10 A Long range Nuclear armed Cruise missiles range upto 1500 kilometers, with a Half ton heavy payload, allows the Bomber can Strike deep inside India and Their Targets in South Asian Nations. and US Bases in Pacific Ocean.

      The another variant of H 6 is used for Anti shipping Missions, those modernized H 6 Naval Bombers known as H 6 D, those Bombers comes with deadly long range C 601 Anti Shipping missile based on the Soviet Termit missile. those were later upgraded into C 301 missiles, each H 6 D can carry upto four such missiles in it's wings, those supersonic anti shipping missiles having strike range of more than 250 kilometers with it's 500 kg HE warheads. H 6 used in one more variant which is used for Aerial Refueling missions, It's believed nearly 10 such of them assigned for Refueling role.

      Even if those  H 6 can fly high and Speed, those H 6 can be easily intercepted by the Modern Combat Jets, one or two Air to air missiles can easily bring down the Aircraft, also it can be easily observed by the Radar's due to common RCS, only difficult is it could use the Civil transport altitude to hide it's identity, even with advanced network centric hubs, one can easily find out unidentified Aircraft and calls the Air force about the Mystery Air plane.

     So the Chinese need to build a brand new platform to bypass radars, and with Bomb bays. only the American Bombers like B 2 and B 1 can easily bypass through the enemy Radar networks and sneak through any Air defense, they fly high or very low even at full speed, both having bomb bays and larger combat radius, the B2 having range of more than 10,000 kilometers, without any refuel, unlike other soviet Heavy long range bombers lacks stealth aspects only.

       China Known for cloning and stealing foreign Prototypes and blue prints, they even have blue prints of F 35, But they don't have the knowledge to crack that millions of codes used in the F 35, earlier  they managed to clone the American C 17, and managed to clone a Reaper drone, although those complex Machines won't give good result to the Chinese, they do have many Ex Soviet scientists, so they easily can build a Model if China managed to steal a Russian project, But it's hard to get a performance of American machines Clones,

  

     So it's a Question that does China has the capacity to build Stealth Bomber, earlier this year China publishes a image that showing a Chinese Bomber completely redesigned B 2 model with four Cruise missile in it's pylons, but the Aviation experts calls that's just a Propaganda image that China's plan of Building a Bomber, But that picture is similar to a Light Bomber Su 32/34. does not look like a good Bomber,

      The truth remains strong, that China don't have the technology to build a Long range bomber par with the Americans and Russians, even if they managed to build one, it will not gives them good performance compared to the real one.