Russia never claims su 35 will aid china in anti terror operations or any specific purpose.
USA claims F16 will aid anti terror, which India counters.
India didn't oppose jf17 sale or refurbished F16 sale from aberijstan or some country..
AJT can be converted to combat mode as and when necessary is what I read in the past..
Are they developing this conversion capability ?
I even thought a squad to sarang team itself is a expensive allocation.
After seeing about making the unnecessary combat version,
it seems HAL is well...
Iran has guts to refuse T90s for a indigenous tank,
While we are still in dilemma to chose between T90M & Armata .
If arjun is heavy , what are we waiting for ..to develop one in light category ?
A single component or a issue can delay a project for a long time. (Stealth)
It also depends on how much overseas help we got for tejas , that we need it again.
Even though building blocks are in place, still AMCA will be technologically complex to develop
My wild guess is
---> 8-10...
USA is willing to give India higher tech weapons, than what is offered to Pakistan .
Pakistan may pay for weapons or get it as military aid.
Even when India buys weapon from Russia , France ... They too will sell weapon to Pakistan .