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Okay I took a pain killer to help reply you. Ever heard a word standoff weapons?
Destroying S-400 is not an issue it can be destroyed. The issue is destroying it cost-effectively. Firing a salvo of ballistic missile will destroy it but it will cost more. So we need to find a way to cheaply destroy it. Jf-17 can do it with RAAD but it will require 17 jets to take out one battery. So what is the solution our current solution is Mirage that is the jet which has the strike capability and payload capacity to give a hit but they are old boys. We need a jet that can launch at least 4 missiles of 600 km and we need a new air to ground missile with smaller war head and 600 km range and it as to be supersonic. Under this we can take out one battery of S-400 cheaply and can also have a stop gap fighter.
why be so limited in options to take out S-400.
It wasn't about trust. The F-16's were offered as part of aid package with other options. If really anything then it was the 2005 earthquake which brought the orders down from 75 or 55.We did a blunder by trusting US with block 52 and now we are stuck with them with bleak prospects of further machines and upgrades