Regarding Kashmir, China sitting in the north sector above Leh has become a leverage for Pakistan which wasn’t available in 1999 Kargil war.
Two third-world countries fighting on imported weapons seem more like a show off than actual fighting. Pakistan needs external assistance in a war with India and that assistance will come from China however assistance should also come from Turkish or gulf countries. Pakistan should form a military alliance with Turkey without any delay. Turkey is ahead of Pakistan in multiple aspects of defence industry and such should be leveraged by Pakistan because both countries know how western powers ditched them. Pakistan turned towards China ages ago, but that should not be the only option. Iran survived sanctions and built its industry from scratch while Turkey is building itself now.
Investment in high-level R+D would be the best root for Pakistan to follow in the long run, quite similar to that of Turkiye. This is due to the fact that the natural resources possessed by the country are in fact very low, so technological advancements should be our main strength, marking our dominance in the region.
What PA needs is a hard hitting type personality of COAS, who is emotional like Musharraf but commands respect like RS to get things done which benefit Pakistan and Army.
I think it's pretty much a matter of a dying breed.
As meritocracy begins to fizzle out and nepotism takes place (as seen with Bajwa), the quality of the COAS will only drop further.
A COAS who burns the Indian side of LOC from Siachen to Sialkot, makes alliances with friendly countries to join Pakistan’s WOT while taking out targets of interest in Afghanistan continually, then puts together a CIA type drone operation across LOC and Duran line in response to unprovoked fire from either side instead of using artillery and snipers, signs defence pacts with China and Turkey to send and receive forces in case war occurs with them or Pakistan and goes on offensive on all fronts (COIN, LOC, Intelligence/proxy wars against India and stops expansion of PA instead expands/promotes PAF and PN expansion and upgradation).
Heating up the ongoing war with India is definitely an iffy topic, especially when taking into account the economic situation. Afghanistan's slow advance will begin to render them more of an enemy as time goes on, due to the need to perform ops on their sovereign soil.
As for the PN and PAF advancement, I greatly agree.
The usage of superior technology within warfare should be focused on, rather than the usage of superior manpower, as seen in the WOT which was fought a bit too conventionally, with outdated styles of troop advancements.
Asim Munir is not going on the offensive, which is disappointing
This is actually quite annoying, seeing that he launched a large op within a week of his appointment to the position of COA
The reason of PAF and PN expansion is because all the above points I mentioned that COAS should do, can be done by PAF and PN on their own also.
The main issue is that pretty much all internal ops have been offloaded to PA. WOT and the like barely had any usage of PN's tech
Consider WOT against TTP or BLA. Give Ops green light to PAF in KPK and PN in Baluchistan with increased budget to expand men and material.
PAF starts its sorties of UAVs/UCAVs in KPK with ground forces consisting of (un used and barracked ) SSW. Leave PA completely out while second tier forces are paramilitary for sweep Ops. PAF’s C-130 were converted for ISR and Command/control roles in past too and can be deployed again.
PN uses its transport aircraft to drop SSG(N) and Marines along with its UAVs/UCAVs to take out BLA targets while Baluchistan FC conducts sweeping missions. PN has all advanced sensor and tech on its MPA aircraft’s to locate and target BLA. Completely sideline PA in Baluchistan, let PN carry all Ops.
I think the generic idea is that combined arms are not being used in the project to eradicate the BLA, and adequate technology is not being used either, whilst it is possessed.
Similarly, use PAF’s UCAVs to fire at every Indian Army position on LOC in retaliation to fire from Indian side. Discontinue using PA TOW/BS instead use UCAV ATGMs for attacking, EW pods for Jamming and anti jamming on EW aircraft’s and make temporary small air strips behind LOC for drone ops instead of flying drones from Skardu or ABs in KPK.
Surely this is an escalation that isn't really necessary?
And wouldn't maintaining this level of warfare be unfeasible, especially when taking into account the economic situation and the sourcing of aircraft parts?