That was the case when Indian equipment and Pakistani equipment were both imports. With indigenous equipment manufacturing in India, it is not the case anymore
You are being over-optimistic.
Domestic or imported -
how the equipment is utilized (tactics),
how the equipment is dispersed across the country (complexity),
response times in different locations and situational awareness - these factors are important. Make an attempt to intrude into Pakistani airspace and you will find out.
Shooting drones is easy. Shooting planes is hard
Sweeping generalization. Drones can be small (with small RCS) and fly at low altitudes to reduce chances of detection. Good situational awareness is necessary to defeat these type of threats, and Pakistan have shown its capability likewise.
As for the Jets, please take your time to learn about an incident involving IAF MIG-29 on December 13, 2008. PAF Jets intercepted every IAF Jet in
night-time conditions and achieved relevant locks but Indian pilots realized this a bit too late.
The number of radars with Pakistan is limited and is imported. So, there lies the problem of Pakistan. Indian radars are all indigenous. Hence initial strike of missiles to take the radars out will be successful against Pakistan but not India
You lack in knowledge of Pakistani radar coverage, networking and how surveillance assets are utilized.
We have 6 x AN/TPS-77 phased array surveillance radar systems in our inventory; each is transportable (mobile), and can search for targets up to 470 KM away from its position (100,000 foot ceiling). These radar systems offer excellent target acquisition capabilities and can detect different types of missiles including anti-radiation types. Where each is positioned, is something IAF has to worry about but keep in mind that these are mobile platforms.
In addition to AN/TPS-77, Pakistan have fielded many more across its terrain (including 'early warning' types) to plug gaps. There is C&C infrastructure in place (C4ISR), which enable these radar systems to talk to each other and make it possible for PAF to respond to threats in timely fashion whereever they materialize.
Should political climate become hostile, AEW&C assets will be airborne and will provide coverage of unusual activity across the border to a certain level. PAF (on the whole) would be on red alert status, and their is probability of conducting some preemptive strikes inside India with standoff munitions (Ra'ad).
I am not saying that IAF cannot overwhelm PAF and/or breach Pakistani defenses but if you think that Pakistani defenses - in their current form - are walk in the park for India, then you are deluding yourself. Please conduct interviews of Indian pilots who learned a lesson on December 13, 2008.
Pakistan is not in bronze age, my silly neighbor.
SAM is very important as aerial defence of airforce is not enough. It will come down to who has a better plane and pilot. In case of SAM, the missile has 40g maneuver and much faster speed than a plane and hence avoiding is very difficult
I understand this
but a wise planner concentrate on the entire defensive architecture and doctrine of the opponent, and not on specific capabilities
in isolation.
How many radar systems your forces can knock out in one go? What about their concealment techniques, mobility and dispersement? What about
BVR engagement capability of PAF? What about surveillance assets which would alert PAF to Indian offensive patterns? What about preemptive strikes from PAF? - These are all pressing matters, and Pakistani forces are not lacking in skill and tactics.
IAF have no choice but to strike on a massive scale but it risks crossing nuclear threshold in the process (in addition to inculcating numerous conventional losses). How far your military planners are willing to go knowing that Indian cities and military bases are not safe and cost would be excessive?
This is the main problem of Pakistan - imports. How will Pakistan repair the tank if it needs spare from China? China has different tanks for itself and hence does not keep spares ready to supply Pakistan. Pakistan has to place orders and after that China will manufacture and give. All this takes time and not quickly done in war.
Ever heard of
stockpiling?
And Pakistan manufacture a large number of spare parts for different types of equipment domestically, at present.
Cruise missiles are far worse and can be shot down using BVRAAM missiles like Astra from a fighter jet.
This is a big misconception. Yes, it is possible to shoot down cruise missiles but this is excessively difficult task in reality.
Cruise missiles tend to fly really low and change course during the course of their flight. This is why it become a daunting task in finding each, and an attempt to intercept each can be too late. You will be forced to dedicate a large number of assets to this end alone, which is not advisable in high-stakes engagement scenario.
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People look at American MDS capabilities (and experiments) and mistakenly assume that their country can produce similar outcomes. People do not realize that US is laughably ahead of other countries in the matters of defense and its defense budget is huge. These are not standard capabilities, for majority of countries. Even Russian MDS capabilities pale in comparison to American.
OR
People are taking poor quality journalism/Russian propaganda way too seriously.
Yes, obviously. It will be the last war that will settle things forever
This war will not produce any winner, mind you. India need a robust MDS first which will not be the case anytime soon.