{"id":16615,"date":"2018-10-09T15:41:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T19:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/air-war-thickens-after-s-400-deal-pakistan-orders-48-multi-role-strike-drones-from-china\/"},"modified":"2018-10-09T15:41:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T19:41:47","slug":"air-war-thickens-after-s-400-deal-pakistan-orders-48-multi-role-strike-drones-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/?p=16615","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Air war&#8217; thickens after S-400 deal; Pakistan orders 48 multi-role strike drones from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#039;Air war&#039; thickens after S-400 deal; Pakistan orders 48 multi-role strike drones from China                                                             <\/p>\n<h2>With Russia starting deliveries of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system to India in 2020, the air power balance in the region will decisively tilt in favour of India.<\/h2>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             By :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/reporters\/jacob-nelly\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                                             Jacob Nelly                                                                                         <\/a>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Oct 9, 2018 14:54 IST                                 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>                                                                                              <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1539077049_s-400-triumf-air-defence-missile-system-1.jpg\" alt=\"S-400 Triumf air defence missile system\" title=\"S-400 Triumf air defence missile system.\" \/><figcaption>S-400 Triumf air defence missile system.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close on the heels of India announcing the purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia, Pakistan has gone arms shipping too, ordering as many as 48 high-end military drones.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>China&#039;s Global Times reported on Tuesday that Pakistan will get Wing Loong II drones from China under a deal whose financial s haven&#039;t been disclosed as yet. The Chinese government mouthpiece said in its report that the Wing Loong II drone is manufactured by Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Company and that it&#039;s a &quot;high-end reconnaissance and strike multi-role endurance unmanned aircraft system.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The deal for 48 Wing Loong IIs will be China&#039;s largest drone deal with any country, the report added. The drone had made its maiden flight in February 2017, and an unnamed country had already placed a huge order for it before Pakistan came on board.<\/p>\n<p>A military expert quoted by the Global Times said Wing Loong IIs will bolster Pakistan&#039;s air force given the fact that the US has put limits on the exports of its highly advanced drones like the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper. These are technologically more advanced than the Wing Loong IIs, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese daily said Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra and China&#039;s Chengdu Aircraft company will jointly manufacture the drones.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing air power balance<\/h2>\n<p>With Russia starting deliveries of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/putin-modi-sign-s-400-deal-20-other-agreements-amid-us-sanction-threats-782208\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system <\/a>to India in 2020, the air power balance in the region will decisively tilt in favour of India.<\/p>\n<figure> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video poster=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/russia-tests-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missiles.jpg\" controls=\"true\"><\/video> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/russia-tests-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missiles.jpg\" alt=\"Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missiles\" title=\"Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missiles\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Close<\/a><figcaption>Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Military experts believe that India&#039;s Rs 39,000 crore deal with Russia was enough to ring alarm bells in Pakistan&#039;s military establishment as S-400 is perhaps the most advanced SAM system in the world right now.<\/p>\n<p>With a range of 400km, the radars of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/why-s-400-anti-aircraft-missile-system-game-changer-india-vis-a-vis-pakistan-782166\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S-400 system covers almost the whole of Pakistani airspace <\/a>and can track 300 aerial targets simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Suggested Articles                                                      <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>                                                                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/photos\/kim-jong-un-president-moon-jae-meet-over-nuclear-talks-pyongyang-18156-slide-99803\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">           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that Pakistan will get Wing Loong II drones from China under a deal whose financial s haven&#039;t been disclosed as yet. The Chinese government mouthpiece said in its report that the Wing Loong II drone is manufactured by Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Company and that it&#039;s a &#8220;high-end reconnaissance and strike multi-role endurance unmanned aircraft system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deal for 48 Wing L..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}