You are wrong here ' After nukes, Pakistan became too soft on India',. I would correct it, after bangaldesh Pakistan has become careful and protective.
We must grow first.
We don't even imagine to compare ourselves to the likes of turkey or even Iran sadly. They have excellent systems, they are not federations like us. They are developed in every sence.
Have you ever wondered why we have gone soft? Maybe because we are not at par of Turkey and Iran and when we are we would be.
So first manage your country. First develop it. Fight your wars later.
Now when China is developed can anybody takes away Hong Kong or Tibet?
No so when you are strong you can do everything even take back kahsmir buy for that. You need atleast 3 or 4 decades of development.
After Bangladesh, Pakistan has nothing left to lose.
We should have become more aggressive since now it is much more difficult for India to split up Pakistan after 1971. Stronger aggression against India will work in Pakistan's favor today.
I agree Pakistan needs to develop before it fights wars, but that cannot happen until we adopt cyber, drones, missiles, space, and increase air defences. At least Pakistan must take this first step.
I don't think you need 3-4 decades of development. There are certain ways to rapidly speed up that time to around 5-6 years of development.
Strong defence cooperation with Iran and Turkey is one way to do it. Pakistan could start building joint missiles with Iran and build joint drones with Turkey similar to how Pakistan builds JF-17 with China.
Reverse engineering is another way. Pakistan could start reverse engineering anything and everything it owns. That is how Iran managed to develop their defence industry so quickly. For example, they bought Chinese C-802 missile and reverse engineered it into Noor missile and made it even better than China's missiles. Same thing, Iran bought S300, reverse engineered it and made their own Bavar-373 which is better than S300.
Cyberattacks is another way. China hacked Lockheed Martin multiple times and stole the technical designs for F22 and F35 and then used it to make stealth fifth gen J-20 for free without wasting all the R&D, time, and money that US spent. US spent almost 2 decades developing F22 and F35 and China made their own J-20 in just a few years by hacking Lockheed Martin. Iran went a step further and hacked US RQ-170 drone while it was flying in Afghanistan by spoofing the GPS and jamming it into autopilot mode, then Iranians landed US stealth RQ-170 drone in Iran and reverse engineered it.
By using combination of strong defence cooperation with Iran and Turkey, increase reverse engineering, and start doing cyberattacks on defence companies, Pakistan can reduce timeframe of defence industry development from 3-4 decades to just 5-6 years.
Pak showed weakness in Feb 2019, this is why India is aggressive now.
It is the saying of Jinnah that weakness invites aggression. If Pak
gave them a good thumping in Feb 2019 and sent Abhinandhan
back in a body bag, then they will think 100 times before attacking
Pakistan again.
Absolutely agree.
Sending Abhinandhan back to India in a body bag would have been a clear message of strength to India that they would never forget. They would not mess with Pakistan like they are today had we done that.