India** hyped up the claim, claiming that the Pakistan Air Force is dissatisfied with the Chinese-made ZDK-03 airborne early warning system and intends to let it retire early, while Pakistan is preparing to gradually cancel the Chinese airborne early warning system. Many Indian netizens scoffed at this, blaming it on China's military equipment, as well as the decline of Pakistan's air force. However, the reliability and reliability of this news is questionable, which is contrary to both the status quo of the Pakistan Air Force and the recent actions of the Pakistan Air Force.
First of all, with regard to the ZDK-03 anti-aircraft missile warning system, which Pakistan will gradually decommission, India has not come up with credible basis or information at all, and has only made up a few unreasonable excuses. For example, some say that China has updated the Pakistani ZDK-03 early warning system and the radar has been removed, some say that the ZDK-03 AWACS aircraft has seriously failed, and some say that Pakistan is ready to replace the ZDK-03 AWACS aircraft with the Swedish "Elle Eye". All the accusations are baseless and have not been officially confirmed by the Pakistan Air Force, but are merely unilateral speculations by India.
Secondly, Indian news reports that Pakistan will stop using the ZDK-03 anti-aircraft missile warning system also ignore Pakistan's real needs and strategic considerations. The Pakistani Air Force is mainly equipped with Chinese ZDK-03 and Swedish AWACS aircraft of the "Elle Eye" type. Both have their own strengths, but they are both medium and small early warning systems, and their capabilities are the same, which can provide the most basic support for the Pakistan Air Force. The Pakistan Air Force has adopted two types of airborne early warning systems because of their different uses in aircraft and their different focus on data links. The Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter is equipped with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Link-16 data link, which can only exchange information with the "Elle Eye" early warning aircraft; The "Thunder Dragon", "J-10 C", "Pterodactyl", and Pakistani aircraft produced by China all use China's integrated data link, which can only communicate with the ZDK-03 early warning aircraft. Because of the incompatibility and high level of secrecy of these two information links, the Pakistan Air Force cannot abandon one or the other, as it would severely reduce its combat and command capabilities.
In addition, Indian news reports that Pakistan will stop using the ZDK-03 anti-aircraft missile warning system, contradicting Pakistan's recent military operations. The chief of staff of the Pakistan Air Force recently stated that it will purchase a stealth fighter from China as a major action by the Pakistan Air Force to improve its combat effectiveness. Fighters generally do not turn on their own radars to maintain their radars, but rely on the detection and command of various platforms such as early warning aircraft. It is obvious that the Chinese stealth fighters purchased by the Chinese Air Force can only cooperate with China's early warning system, but not with the Swedish "Eye" early warning system. This means that the Pakistan Air Force will continue to use Chinese AWACS aircraft, rather than completely abandoning the ZDK-03 early warning system, so as to fully demonstrate the maximum power of its stealth fighters.
In short, India's claim that Pakistan will be decommissioned from China's air strike system is actually just some news reports from India, which are India's news reports, India's news reports, and groundless slander against the squadron, because the Indian media know nothing about Pakistan's air power. The performance and function of the Pakistan Air Force in China's "alert" are well known, and it is reasonable for the Pakistan Air Force to need and trust China's "alert", and the Pakistan Air Force is also upgrading China's "early warning" fighters in a planned and phased manner. Such hype by India's ** did not cause any harm to Pakistan's air power, on the contrary, how ignorant and stupid India's news reports were.