{"id":34067,"date":"2023-08-12T04:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T04:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=34067"},"modified":"2023-08-12T05:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T05:00:09","slug":"india-deploys-new-fighter-jet-squadron-in-srinagar-to-counter-pak-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=34067","title":{"rendered":"India Deploys New Fighter Jet Squadron In Srinagar To Counter Pak, China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NDTV News<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India has deployed a squadron of upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets at the Srinagar air base to tackle threats from both the Pakistani and Chinese front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tridents squadron which is now also known as the &#8216;Defender of the North&#8217; has replaced the MiG-21 squadron at the Srinagar air base which has traditionally been responsible for taking care of the threat from Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Srinagar lies in the centre of Kashmir valley and its elevation is higher than plains. It is strategically better to place an aircraft with a higher weight-to-thrust ratio and less response time due to proximity to the border and is equipped with better avionics and long-range missiles. The MiG-29 fulfils all these criteria due to which we are capable of taking in the enemies on both fronts,&#8221; Indian Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Vipul Sharma told news agency ANI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MiG 29s have multiple advantages over the MiG-21s which were able to successfully defend the area of their responsibility in the Kashmir valley for many years and also managed to strike down an F-16 in 2019 post Balakot air strikes on Pakistani terrorist camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MiG-29 has also been equipped with very long-range air-to-air missiles and air-to-ground weaponry after the upgrades and has also been armed with lethal weaponry making use of the emergency procurement powers given to armed forces by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The fighter aircraft have also been provided with the capability to jam the enemy aircraft&#8217;s capabilities during times of conflict&#8221;, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDTV News: India has deployed a squadron of upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets at the Srinagar air base to tackle threats from both the Pakistani and Chinese front. The Tridents squadron which is now also known as the &#8216;Defender of the North&#8217; has replaced the MiG-21 squadron at the Srinagar air base which has traditionally been responsible for taking care of the threat from Pakistan. &#8220;Srinagar lies in the centre of Kashmir valley and its elevation is higher than plains. It is strategically better to place an aircraft with a higher weight-to-thrust ratio and less response time due to proximity to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34069,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34067\/revisions\/34069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}