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Yup. 2035-2040 India should be at the China late 2010s-early 2020s level. And that's when they got their J-20.I will say something which most people may not agree with but India's Military Industrial Complex won't be ready until 2035 for any action of this sort.
GoI seems to be aware of this and will probably not escalate this tension much. It is in our long term interest to wait this one and strike through other means.
Army
- Arjun MK1A (118) : Delivery complete by 2030-2033
- T 90M/ Bhishma MK3 (454) : Delivery complete by 2030
- ATAGS (307) : Delivery complete by 2030
- TGS (400) : Delivery only by 2030+
- MGS (800) : Delivery only by 2030+
- TMH 105 (200) : Delivery only by 2030+
- K9 (Batch II) : Delivery complete by 2027-2030
- K9 (Batch III) : Delivery complete by 2030+
- FICV : Delivery only by 2030+
- FMBT : Delivery only between 2030-2035+
Airforce
- Tejas MK1A (83+97) : Delivery complete by 2031-32
- Tejas MK2 (120 ?) : Delivery of 60%+ only by 2035
- Rafale F4 (40) OR F 35A (extremely unlikely) (40) : Delivery only by 2030+
- Su 30 MKI (12) : Delivery only by 2027-2030
- AMCA (40+ ?) : Delivery only by 2034
- Netra MK1A : Delivery only by 2030+
- Netra MK2 : Delivery only between 2030-2035
- Refueling Tanker : Delivery only by 2030+
Navy
The below table with approximations for ship commissioning shows that in the years 2033-2034, there may be no significant warship inductions (excluding submarines).
Commissioning Year/Ship Class Ship Type 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 Vishakhapatnam Class Destroyer 1 Talwar Class (Batch III) Frigate 1 1 1 1 Nilgiri Class Frigate 2 2 2 1 P 17B Class Frigate 2 3 2 NGMV Corvette 1 2 2 1 NGC Corvette 1 2 3 2 NGOPV OPV 1 2 2 3 3 P 18A/B Destroyer 1 2 2 3 2 Total (-) 1 4 3 4 3 3 5 6 4 0 0 1 2 2 3
Thing is India is actually on track. It's China providing Pakistan with high level equipment which makes things muddy.
If you play strategy games, there are various "ages" you need to advance through, each of which unlocks new and advanced units. China is on a higher age than India which is on a higher age than Pak but China is providing units from its age to Pakistan which Pakistan cannot produce on their own.
But thing is there is a limit to the ages and Pakistan won't advance to the next one while India will.