LCA will be good point defense as India have vast and layered air defense network which any air force will find very difficult to over come with out 5th gen planes, but if it is to enter Pakistani air space then there are more chances that it will be shot down by ground based SAMs because Pakistani ground radar will be watching deep inside India even if AWACS is not deployed only Rafael & MKI are good to handle our current air defense, and that is the reason Rafael will be used primarily for ground attacks and MKIs will be used primarily for air dominance and secondary strike package escort.