Philip the Arab
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BD can buy 60 J-10s of 15 billion if they set aside some money for AF instead of investing so much in Navy, and Army(both important). JF-17s are cheaper, but political disagreements and 50 year old sourness with Pakistan are limiting this deal.The language being used here from both BD & Pakistani members is despicable and uncalled for.
Anyway, my 2 cents are that BD doesn't need a powerful aircraft, it needs a quantitatively qualitative Air Force. Advance jets such as EFT or Su-30/35 would only come in a handful of numbers. Another "8" aircraft won't do. BAF at least requires ~30 new jets alongside airborne early warning system (at least one). Also, don't think India, think Myanmar for now.
AWACS would be KJ-500 which can cover all of BD(flying near Dhaka) and include a lot of MM, and, India. This would be used against MM, or more likely against India's Su-30MKIs, Rafales, Mig-29s, Tejas, etc by sending J-10s to exact locations.
As I said before, an alliance with BD, PK, and CN would be fatal for India if BD could establish a respectable air force. India having to fight a 3 front war will make their army, navy, and air force have to be spread very, very thin to fight all of these armies at the same time.
A war with Myanmar will probably cause China to sanction J-10s but a conflict will be short either way and I doubt Chinese sanctions would have a major effect unless it was a full blown war and lasted more than a few months. I think BD should hurry up and GLCMs for use against Myanmar's bases, and strategic targets and use layered SAMs around Cox's Bazar against stragglers than survived saturation attack of cruise missiles.