same. it doesn't matter to us as well as we need to prepare ourselves for a much bigger war and we have to change our mindset and strategies. Military needs modernisation as well. Right now, we are very well organised. We also need more bigger and more long range nuclear missiles and will do it anyway. As i said, it's about existential threat and thank god china is always there to assist. I say China is the new engineering marvel. Their 6th generation fighter jet, it looks good. There are many plans obviously. I think china and Pakistan will make another fighter jet just like jf-17 and more new shiny submarines etc.
WE are ready to face India today but yes, many old weapons needs to be changed. I say 5 years is a short time but we need a framework so that we can procure quickly. I think Americans will also cooperate because they are worried and they don't want to see Pakistan in chinese camp. They might give us more f-16s and new amraams etc. I am happy with our current situation. This standoff is like an eye opener that will bring drastic change in our approach.
If you are talking about military modernization, there's a point beyond which Pakistan will no longer be competitive without creating its own industry. The Chinese are always going to keep you a level or two below themselves. Good luck trying to catch up.
But the Pakistani economy is the real Gordion knot. And the existence of PA ensures the Pakistanis will have to untie that knot with both hands tied behind their backs. You have been surviving because of bailout programs. Those sources are drying up.
Some sections of the GCC want to firmly enter India's camp. With the West going apesh!t over climate change and renewables, China too, they need India for continued survival. You must have seen the sort of "support" they provided Gazans recently, their interest in religious conflicts is waning. Plus most Iranians and Arabs have given up on Islam (50% Arabs and 70% Iranians). Guess it has a lot to do with people actually understanding the words rather than reading a language they don't understand, like in Pakistan. So even Iran is being primed for a revolution.
That leaves China and America.
China is going to be suppressed. They have made too many enemies, and they have tried to fix things (India and Russia especially) but no one believes them. The issue for Pakistan is unlike a decade ago when a few billion every few years was enough to buy time, now the requirement is in pretty high double digits every year. The Chinese cannot dump $10-20B into Pakistan just to keep it afloat with Trump and the Republicans around trying to suppress them. Plus the suppression of China has become a bipartisan effort, so there's no getting around it. And at the same time, Russia and India are modernizing at a rapid rate further compounding their security problems. Add to that their population woes coming up before getting rich, tying their hands more than anything else. In such a situation, they are gonna have to go slower at pissing off India while also hurting themselves by financially supporting Pakistan.
America has the ability to keep Pakistan afloat, but you are gonna have to give up on nukes in some way or the other. You will have to cut down on your military expenditure too. So it's not gonna come free like it has been. And this arrangement could be temporary before they leave the IOR region to India once Iran is dealt with. F-16s are passe.
These are the problems you face even without Indian economic interference. If India's current posture lasts long enough, then...