Something
@MastanKhan Sahib has said in the past, something like, if we succeed in shooting down their MKI(s) then they will be taken aback and have all their bravado knocked out of them.
Well the lack of further attempts by the IAF to engage the PAF, definitely suggests that the Indians were not only taken aback but they were forced to rethink their entire game plan.
The subsequent air-drills including scores of fighters and planned purchases of Israeli BVR missiles and re-rejuvenating the fabled MMRCA tender etc all attest to that fact.
But that does not in anyway mean that their confidence or self belief has been rattled or anything. Because to think that would be a folly and self deception.
Loss of a few aircrafts does not by any means diminish the overall might and the fighting power of the Indian armed forces.
Yes it does show that they are not as awesome as they believed they were, which we knew already, as well as one on one they still might not be a match (arguably) to our forces.
But it is a huge force. With a lot of material, man and financial power. Just imagine the scenario in which they can swoop in from dozens of different sides & places with hundreds of fighters in batches 8 or more? PAF would have their work cutout for them (to say the least).
Also in the words of Soviet General Georgy Zhukov (of WWII fame) "You can never underestimate the quality of quantity".
So in that context, the argument being put forward by some, like
@araz Sahib, that we should have hit harder and negotiated for more during and after the 27th Feb encounter, is fraught with the perils of starting something that we cannot guarantee to finish favorably for ourselves.
That is just my opinion.