China exported the PL 15E instead of PL 15 to Pakistan it's most trusted ally, so it would be foolish to Assume China will export the 200km ranged PL 15 instead of the PL 15E to Egypt.
This sort of restrictions don't exist with India which is desperate for weapons export and even if we assume India will export a downgraded weapon I believe it would be more akin to western downgrade of 10- 15%.
India Astra mk2 has a range of 160- 180 km compared to 145km of PL 15E.
Also who told you PL 15E was cheaper I am yet to hear a price quote of PL 15E.
About Ramjet powered AtoA missile, there is no recent news about a Chinese Ramjet powered missile (PL 21) where as the India Astra mk3 (SFDR) was fired from ground to test the Ramjet motor.
To think Chinese PL21 would be cleared for export before Astra mk3 would be foolish given how secretive the Chinese are with their newer weapon.
Regarding the whole Hindutva and support for Israel thing let me lay down so facts.
1. India recently sent aid for Palestinian people for aiding the victims of war.
2. Instead of outright supporting Israel like many western countries India decided to Abstain during the UN voting (basically keeping itself out of this mess)
3. Indian Social Media Crowd and Indian government are 2 very different entities and I would recommend you to make your opinion based on the words of Indian government and not the Indian social media crowd.
4. Tell me which Muslim country does India opposes.
5. India has consistently tried to stay out of an middle eastern conflict by not siding with anyone
6. Infact India much like the rest of the world support the 2 state solution.
7. You say India didn't condemn Israeli crimes, compare Indian stand on Palestine with that of the French who always claim to follow an independent foreign policy, Indian government did try to justify Israeli retaliation like the French instead we chose to stay silent and advocated for peace.
8. India's internal politics doesn't affect its international politics and geopolitical stand and should be seen as such.
In principle
China exported the first batch of PL-15E missiles to Pakistan, but the actual range was only announced as an export version, but the real specifications are not announced. China is forced to export PL-15E missiles now, after August 2023, with a range of 200 kilometers for purely commercial reasons.
First, the Russians launched their R-77ME missile with a range of 193 kilometers
The Orians are promoting their METEOR missile with a range of 200 kilometers and it has already been issued to many countries
In order for China to export, it must provide specifications that are equivalent to what is offered in the global market
Another important matter: Egypt requested an initial batch of 1,000 missiles, not the entire order. That is, Egypt is simply replacing 1,300 AIM-7M missiles in its service with this missile, especially since China provided it with adapters for installation on Western fighters and the Russians allowed the installation of any munitions on Egyptian MIG-29M/M2 aircraft.
I always want arms sales to be linked to the orders, their size, and the size of the deal. There is a difference between buying 200 missiles or even 500 missiles and buying 1000 missiles, and Egypt did not request the purchase, but rather asked China for local production. As long as any country produces equipment, it works to develop it, and as I previously explained, the banker is in a state of affairs. Local production will order more than one batch and a copy of it will be used in local air defense systems
Also, the combination of orders for the local production of the J-10C aircraft and the PL-15 missile is very normal. Let us assume that Egypt has ordered 60 J-10C aircraft. In this case, Egypt will double its order for the missile.
The other point is that China has Ramjet engine technology, but it uses dual pulsed solid-propellant rock technologies to reduce the cost, and not because China is unable to produce it. Even India itself is considering copying the ASTRA MK2/3 with the same technology and abandoning the RAMJET engine for the cost factor only.
Let us display a map of missile orders
Egypt has more than 160 F-16 aircraft that will operate for a period of 15-20 years before going out of service, and this alone requires 1,000 air-to-air BVR missiles.
Egypt also has additional future orders for 300 BVR missiles for MIG-29M fighters
Other than that Egypt may produce 60-120 J-10C aircraft in cooperation with China in the same way that F-7/F6 fighters were assembled, especially in the production hangars of AOI factories in the 1980s, and this requires another 1,000 missile unit.
The need for large numbers of BVR missiles is a result of the spread of UCAV aircraft in large numbers among various armies, which causes an increase in the consumption of WVR & BVR missiles.
The same thing applies: integrating the PL-15 missile into air defense batteries for the benefit of 24 batteries means a need for another 1,500 missiles.
Does China reject all of this?
India is offering the ASTRA MK1 missile with a range of 130 kilometers to Egypt until the latest version, the ASTRA MK2, is ready. The situation now is a competition between the two countries over the Egyptian deal. If we are talking commercially, we will find that China is offering Egypt its missiles at a lower cost. Also, Egypt is not the first time to undertake the production of Chinese air-to-air missiles, but it preceded it. Production of the PL-7 missile to arm Egyptian F-6/F-7 fighters and Alpha jet aircraft.
Why do I expect that there is something between Egypt and China? Firstly, the visit that took place from a large Chinese delegation to Egypt was not a protocol or an exploratory visit, but rather a visit to sign final contracts.
China's J-10C aircraft no longer represents the best that China has, but rather it has the J-20 aircraft, and the FC-31/35 project is also nearing completion.
China knows full well that Egypt is requesting two fourth-generation aircraft
4++ to compensate for the departure of numbers of MIRAGE-5 fighters
And a fifth generation aircraft to compensate for the departure of 87 F-16 BLOCK 15/32, 20 MIRAGE-2000 aircraft, and China is also providing the FC-35 aircraft to Egypt for local production, with a number of 120 aircraft. China is fully aware that the spread of its fighters in the Middle East passes through Egypt, just as RAFALE passed through the defense markets, especially African ones. And North Africa
All arms dealers know that Egypt requests weapons in several deals, not a single deal. Therefore, integration into the Egyptian arms supplier network guarantees a large volume of deals in the end. This is the reason for the Turks’ desire to cooperate in arms production in Egypt, firstly, due to the low cost of production in Egypt and the absence of an energy crisis or high energy costs. As well as the less expensive labor in Egypt and the large size of the Egyptian defense market
Do you know why France agreed to supply the METEOR missile to Egypt, because Egypt highlighted that its total request for the Rafale aircraft will be between 72 and 100, and this forces France to meet the Egyptian needs in preparing the METEOR missiles and also integrate Russian ammunition such as the KH-31 & KH-59 into the Rafale aircraft and even the ammunition. India has big deals that remove any obstacles
India's main problem is that it is ruled by an extremist Bharatiya Janata Party that wants to get rid of even the Muslims of India and also occupies Pakistani Kashmir. India considers Pakistan its enemy and we all know India's bloody history.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is very impressed with Netanyahu's policy of primitiveness of the Palestinians, and we all saw a Hindu monk calling for the invasion of Mecca and the seizure of the Kaaba, the emergence of these extremist models in India.
If it were not for the existence of the extremist Hindu party that now rules India
The Indians also consider the Emirati cities to be Indian cities due to the presence of 5 million Indians in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which is considered a threat to the Emirati national security due to the Indian numbers exceeding 1 million Emirati original population.
As I previously explained, Israel uses Indians as low-quality, cheap labor to serve in Israel. Military cooperation and consensus between the two countries in the policy of exterminating Muslims and expelling them from their lands. This is not something hidden or not understood by everyone, even the Hindu Rishi Sunak, who was visiting Israel and Netanyahu did not respect him because I am a Hindu, meaning that Israel only accepts. The alliance with the Indians is temporary, despite their lack of respect for the Hindus as a religion and as human beings. The Jews do not respect any non-Jewish religion
Judaism and consider it their servants, and this is what the Indians ignore.