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i was thinking about what the armed forces really need, to be able to match india conventionally, and I failed to think of any realistic solution.
The biggest issue is the navy/airforce, in order to hold our own against them the airforce would need atleast 100+ 4-5 generation aircraft in addition to the F-16s and JF-17BLK3s(the other blocks seem incapable of doing much) the navy would need a similar type of strike wing, and the army would need a massive Air defence network akin to what the arabs had agaisnt israel in 73. And with all this said none of what i stated is realistic.
i can see the pak army in its current form holding its own against the indian army if there was no air support for the indians but with constant airsupport the IA would be recieving it would only be a matter of time.
The most important thing that India and Pakistan can do is to look at EU and make peace with each other. If you compare the Europe and Sub-continent post WWII you would say sub-continent was in a better position, we weren't destroyed by war the way Europe was, especially Germany and France. But since that day Europe has made peace and worked together and on the other hand we have fought and worked against each other. Making peace won't be easy and believe me reminding who threw the first stone wouldn't help either.
If 68 years of rivalry has done nothing what good could it bring in future? We gain independence in 47, Singapore got it in 65 and look where Singapore stands today with just 6 million people. India and Pakistan have a combined population of nearly 1.5 billion and look where we stand, Pakistan has the most number of IDPs in world and India has most number of poor people. Are these the goals Jinnah, Gandhi, Nehru and Liaquat Ali had in mind?
Its not that the 2 nations have done nothing good yes they have but that is easily overshadowed by what could have been achieved if both had lived with peace. Unfortunately the common people who suffer the most aren't even the ones to be blamed and the culprits are the least effected. The common men want to live together in peace and natural disasters are the best examples. In 2005 India was the first nation to send help after the earthquake despite the fact that in 2002 both the nations were on the verge of war.
So its time that we start thinking with our brains and sort the matters out.