A few days after India became the strongest air force in South Asia, Pakistan Air Force has received strong support from both China and the United States. The air advantages accumulated by 36 Rafale fighters were suppressed in less than half a year under the joint influence of the J-10CE fighter delivered in bulk and the United States to restore the military aid relations between Pakistani and Pakistani in less than half a year.
But it is interesting to say that the strategic suppression of Indian Air Force by China and the United States is not intentional, but is actually just a simple coincidence. In fact, the entire incident originated from the fact that India spent a lot of money to buy 36 French Rafale fighters in 2016.
Indian Air Force Rafale fighter
We all know that in India's official propaganda caliber, as one of the most advanced 4th generation medium-sized fighter jets that can be bought in today's international market, Rafale fighter has excellent performance and strong comprehensive combat capabilities.
Take the Rafale-EH/DH fighter purchased by India this time as an example. The air combat performance of this aircraft exceeds that of the Su-30MKI fighter in India. It can not only use the supporting meteor medium-range air-to-air missiles to effectively suppress the Pakistan Air Force's F-16 C/D block52 fleet at medium and long distances, but its unique canard layout can also gain a maneuverability advantage in close combat.
Indian Air Force Rafale-DH fighter
In other words, before Pakistan purchased the J-10CE fighter, the Pakistani Air Force did not have a single fighter that could compete with the Indian Air Force's Rafale . This also means that the military balance in South Asia has begun to tilt significantly towards India.
As we all know, when the military balance is broken, it is often the beginning of the arms race. Because in order to fight against India, which is in the leading position, Pakistan must upgrade its weapons in its hands, otherwise it may lose in future military conflicts.
and India will also try every means to continue to increase its military strength in order to maintain its advantages. In the end, India and Pakistan will enter a state of endless arms race, not only will it not be able to decide the winner in the short term, but it may further worsen the stability of the situation in South Asia. The result of
is obviously unacceptable to China.
Because it is not in line with China's national security interests whether India wins the arms race or India and Pakistan have entered a state of instability due to the arms race. To curb this trend in time, the best way is to immediately enhance Pakistan's military strength and restore the balance of the military balance in South Asia.
This is also the reason why China exports 60 J-10CE fighter jets to Pakistan.
Pakistan's J-10CE fighter
Because Pakistan had unilaterally cut off military aid relations by the United States at that time, it was impossible to buy the new generation of F-16 fighter . Although China's Fighter's Fighter's Fighter has improved its combat effectiveness, it is still unable to fight against Rafale fighter.
The only one that can effectively fight against Indian Rafale fighter is the only one that is currently in service in China, the J-10C fighter . So there is a subsequent OEM foreign trade contract.
The reason why the United States joined the team that helped Pakistan fight against India is because the United States is worried that China will use this opportunity to strengthen its influence on Pakistan.
So we can only neutralize China's influence in Pakistan by restoring military aid relations with Pakistan and re-providing F-16 upgrade services to Pakistan.
Pakistan's F-16 fighter
Although the United States' original intention was to check and balance China rather than India, this move had a positive impact on the growth of Pakistan's air force's strength on an objective level. It eventually led to a very coincidental situation that China and the United States jointly suppressed the expansion of Indian forces.
Of course, even if there is no China's support for Pakistan, the United States will take action when Indian forces threaten the balance of South Asia. After all, the United States itself is one of the main players in balancing the balance of South Asia's power, otherwise it would not have sold transport aircraft and helicopters to India, and also sold F-16 to Pakistan.
Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter
It is precisely because of this that China and the United States have not exposed the "coincidence" of joining forces to suppress India, because this is the consensus between the two countries on this issue.
Judging from the current situation, although the overall strength of the current Pakistani Air Force is still weaker than that of the Indian Air Force, it is only a matter of time before the Pakistani Air Force can overtake with the support of China and the United States. That is to say, Pakistan has actually regained its strategic initiative. Although this arms race has not yet ended, India has already stood in the position of losers early on.
