> We have some 600 or so fighters; ranging from most advanced Rafale to MiG-21s
> Chinese have some 1,300 or so of just Flankers and Firebirds
> Almost 200 Fagins on top of that
Even if we completely ignore 5th gen fighter or technical intricacies like exponentially bigger support fleet...they outnumber us 2:1 by sheer number
What else can we do except fighting with whatever we have
Yep, that's one thing that worries me the most. We sleep peacefully (i don't understand how) saying that Su-30MKI's are our backbone and we can take on any adversary.
> Our total inventory of Su-30 MKI's is slightly less than or equal to their fleet of just J-11's.
> Equal number of J-16's. And then there are the Electronic version as well.
> Then theres the J-10 fleet.
> Heck their imported fleet of Su-27 family numbers around 50-60 % of our total fleet.
> Yeah, and 2 5th gen planes also numbering around 150-200
> Long range bomber, something we never look into.
* We have non-Aesa MKI's, some with only half their life left.
* Jaguars which have trouble just taking off
* M2K which form our backbone but are on the verge of their lives.
* mig-29, don't know what's their exact purpose
* Samosa Tejas, which lets admit, is an interceptor. That's it
* 2 squadrons of the rafales. Yeah we'll win wars with just 2 squadrons.
We can handle "conflicts" but it's really sad to say, that the outcome of any "war", like a fullscale one probably won't be in our favour if we strictly consider the role of air forces of both nations
