But we have to, as our air forces will face an adversary 3.5 time larger than its own self, we can't afford to let the IAF have completely overwhelmed our sovereign skies with numbers.
Balakot incident is the example where India send three aggressive in three different sectors they were intercepted timely at two other sectors but a little delay of 2-3 minutes allowed IAF to launch their weapons at their intended target in Balakot.
If i remember correctly the approved number of squadrons are either 22 or 25 including special mission aircrafts such as AEW&C and C-130