Like i said, it is the economics that matters....aggregate demand dictates the production in short term.....and whether it is your own private money or government, you cannot simply create R&D for each and every thing.
You keep giving Indian examples, but it is flawed narrative to compare India vs Pakistan. 1.2billion people and 180 million people, the numbers don't add up unless Pakistan's per capita GDP is at least 6-7 times that of India.
India vs China makes more sense.......you tell me..how does India fare at that level?
UK had requirement for barely 200 Typhoons....they could easily build the fighter on their own...but they didn't....they partnered with three other nations so that the break even is possible due to overall larger demand......French didn't and look how their Rafale fared from a financial perspective.....French simply don't have domestic demand high enough...that is why they are desperate to export and make money. It has literally broken the back of their combat aerospace industry....
Look at the economic numbers for India and Pakistan.......how many automobiles India produces and how many does Pakistan produce?
Oil consumption?
etc.....India will always have 8-10 times higher demand than Pakistan, because it has higher population with slightly higher per capita GDP.
So again, while it might be feasible for a company to produce a radar or airplane in India because the total demand is 200 units for example....in Pakistan...it would be 20 units. The R&D cost would remain constant...fixed expense........it is not variable.....because whether you produce 1 unit or 10000000, it's the same R&D being used.
China will have no issues giving Pakistan access to it's nuclear reactors, because China's first export market in defense is always Pakistan....a nation that uses Western tech as well....so Chinese get to learn from us as well.....that helps them get a foot in the door......some of their new civilian nuclear reactors will be used by Pakistan......perhaps after that by some other nation as well....so i don't know why Chinese won't give Naval nuclear technology.....
Can you post it on a file hosting site?
Would love to have it.
I gave the 30 units vs 3 units as an example.....with good reasoning skills you would know that......my point was, India will always have a higher net demand due to a larger population (and income) and a larger nation........it should be India vs China ..........or Pakistan vs Bangladesh............there is a reason why major defense contractors in the UK went out of business or merged together because the overall demand is less......but in USA the likes of Lockheed Martin, GD etc survive because their domestic demand is very high......again...simple numbers......
If India learned a lot from LCA, the next gen of IAF aircraft would be coming from within India...not some JVs with Russia (read PAKFA)and ToT from France (read Rafale). Anyway, that is outside the scope of this topic.