What if we see this as a golden opportunity to ask for EDA to build up the army and air force rapidly?
From Trump's point of view, India called him a liar and is trying to derail the Afghan peace process. Punishment is what he would want, and what better way than to give Pak
more arms? SPGs, APCs, MRAPS, small arms, NVGs, whatever we can use against India...
Get some J-10s ASAP for training pilots, so that in case of war numbers can quickly be increased.
Won't they still outrange us with the Meteor? Anyways, they aren't going to get the Meteor operationalized in 3 months, so its not an immediate problem. F-16s are a brick at altitude compared to the Eurocanards.
https://theaviationist.com/2012/12/10/viper-dogfight/