Balakot has not only ruined India's credibility in the eyes of the international community, but also emboldened Pakistan to use disproportionate, retaliatory, offensive, conventional force against India, in addition to validating Pakistan's nuclear posture.
Post-2019, the Kashmir insurgency has only intensified. PAFF was founded, and TRF even conducted an attack in South India before massacring Indian soldiers in the valley itself.
Oh yes, I remember those "boycott China" shirts which were made in China...
India wants to be a hegemon over South Asia and the IOR, something widely acknowledged by historians, analysts, and scholars.
The West will not allow China to gain supremacy over even the Second Island Chain, and you think they will let India have the whole IOR inlcuding the Malacca Strait?
That contradicts what you and other Indians here have said about India having naval superiority over the IOR. I'm glad you've at least sobered up.
No, it is based on the US's experience. You will see what I mean.