in this political stuation, india and pakistan can not open war against each other. because if this war begun, fire can't stand local like before. therefore we must analyse this possible air war 10 years later. many projects done, many projects ongoing, two different air force against each other...
india is targeting to have own aviation technology. and they use russian and western sources to create that. they have many different platforms and armaments.
pakistan is targeting enough air force by supplying yourself. they need aviation technology also. but this is for the permanency and efficieny factor. they have one source: china.
fighter platforms spesifications is not very important. example: su-30mki is very agile plane. and it can fired 110 nm. bvr misile. if jf-17 plane has 130 nm. bvr misile and they have inteligent ecm capabilities. where is the superiorty of su-30mki? same example using with f-16 or j-10 and tejas jets.
human factor is important. moral factor is very important. foreign policy and friends is very very important in this possible air war. because i can see this facts 10 years later war projects.
india has many air victory in first 2-3 days. because they have quality and quantity advantage. but they can not have air superiority over the pakistan. most of the amunution is spent.
and later some kind of balance build on the battlefield line. air to ground operations can not reach the other counrys mainland. this situation continue 5-10 days. nearly all amunition is finished.
and if the war continue, pakistan have an air advantage slowly. because they can easily take fresh amunition and fighters from china and other countrys. they can easily repair crashes and wounded planes.
india is much bigger country for this kind of aids. and indias victory can't profit anything anyone. and indias location is not avaliable for aids in war curcimtuances.
