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India has a far larger territory to cover, and also it is operating lot of Dinosaur platforms
It is a bit not fair to start a comparison between Pakistan's upgrade program vs that of India as the two programs have different threads in different section of the defence forum
ONE CAREFUL look at PAF and you will see 70% of the PAF fleet is what you call Dinosaur . In simple nos you have 350 fighters but only 120 4th generation fighters ie Thunders /Falcons
Look Across the Border And their dinosaur Fleet is only 40% . In other words ouf 550 the IAF has 350 4th Generation fighters.
With The Rafale deal signed today and Tejas induction the Indians will reach COMPLETE -4th generation fleet in 4 or 5 years .
FOR PAF to achieve 100% they need to induct 250 more thunders falcons or something else.
THAT SOMETHING ELSE currently seems
most realistic used F16 and thunders ..........BUT HOW MANY and how effective are these really post 2019
Order for J10B .......... again cost new platform and how many can you buy to bridge gap
WAIT decade to get a 5th generation platform .........