In a conflict with Pakistan, if China steps in, the Indians will always have a finger on the button that will escalate the war to a state that China would not want to go. China will not risk pushing India to a corner given the potent weapons that even when it deliver s 0.01% of what is claimed will offset development by decades.
Why are you assuming that China will step in? We dont need China to step in to fight off India, one only needs to see how Pakistan Army is deployed to come to this conclusion that we can fight India off on our own. I have no idea why you keep dragging China into the equation, sure they will be Pakistan's main source of support but that will only be in the form of monetary and military supplies.
You also need to get off the high horse and stop pretending to be scary when clearly your not scary at all to neither China or Pakistan. You might have some potent weapons but they are no way scary enough to make China back off, if you look at the posture of China against India it indicates that they are not at all afraid of India. You are talking about a country that stared at the Mighty Scary Soviet 58th Army in the eyes at the height of their power and didn't blink, you are not even close to being as scary as the USSR, not by a very long shot so stop making your country into something its not. If you were as scary as you make yourself out to be, trust me China and Pakistan's posture would be quite different towards you.
Pakistan always tends to believe that some other country will do the dirty job and more often than not they have suffered because of over reliance on others.
In the event of a war, we dont expect anyone to step in and help us because we are more than capable enough of fighting the Indians on our own. I can see the frustration on the faces of my Indian friends considering the fact that after all the billions of dollars spent, the balance of power is roughly the same and the Cold Start Doctrine has already failed before even being implemented on the battle field
AWACS will change the war scenario and the country that can use network centric warfare will have the edge.
Indeed the AWACS will change the scenario and the side fielding AWACS in a defensive posture will always have an advantage. Not sure about India but PAF is a fully net centric organization. All our AWACS, Ground Radars, SAMS and Fighter Jets are data linked to a ground station that will fuse all the information together and relay the information on to our Assets. Thus, whatever the Indians can throw at us we will know about it in ample time.
Indian avionics is something that many here do not consider as an important part but I believe the home grown avionics and advanced integration of systems and missiles will be a very important factor and can be the difference between winner and the loser.
Very true avionics are extremely important and that is why both nations have invested heavily in avionics and integration of their platforms.
The Phalcon is too great an asset to be risked but if India even manages to operate this asset in certain areas of the war theatre, Pakistan can just give up for the range is simply unmatched and every counter strike wave after wave will get swatted.
The Phalcon will always operate from a distance because its a very vital asset, if it comes close to the border than it will be a piece of cake for PAF to take it out considering that F16's can fire AMRAAM's from a stand off range. The participation of Indian AWAC's will be limited due to the fact that IAF will be conducting offensive sorties, thus PAF's AWACS will be much more potent because they will be able to see the incoming IAF fighters from a stand off range and conduct heavy jamming. PAF does not intend to cross the border and launch strikes inside India because we know what our strengths and weaknesses are. PAF is likely going to conduct strikes through the use of stand off munitions, their is a reason why PAF has invested so heavily in stand off weapons.
Count on Akash SAM to take out a few mosquitoes.
SAMS are defensive in nature, that is why PAF's SAMS are likely going to be bigger headache for IAF fighters as compared to IAF SAM's being a headache for PAF. Besides, if PAF decides to cross the border to conduct limited strikes than expect the PAF to first conduct SEAD Missions. This is exactly why PAF acquired the HARM and i am sure you are aware of this that the F16 is considered the king of SEAD missions.
If not then something solid in navel department
