China transferring the scramjet tech to pakistan is a major complication for India. Now they have the means to strike deep inside India with good probability of successful hit. It also allows China to stay away from kinetic conflict with India as India-Pakistan get wrangled in a war. In an India-Pakistan conflict India has more to lose. (Which is why I dont understand the genius thinking behind establishing a semiconductor fab in Gujarat so close to the border?? great thinking right there...fking dumbfcks). In an India-China conflict China has more to lose, which is why I dont think China will ever initiate a conflict with India. They may try salami slicing but they wont be the first to outright start missile strikes. The reason is that China's conventional military might might be overwheling against India but India as enough offensive firepower that chinese ADS cant intercept. Meaning India might burn to stone age but it will take China to medieval times along with it.
On the other hand India-Pakistan are trigger happy. Pakistan has nothing to lose vis-a-vis India so they willingly initiate war to increase the relevency of their military establishment. India is trigger happy as Pakistan had no credible offensive tools to harm India. So, India could get away with initiating conflicts with Pakistan pre-2026. It cant anymore. Which is why I think brahmos strikes in May 2025 were useless. Either you should have gone all in, launching hundreds of brahmos to set them back by decades or not displayed this capability at all. These chods took the middle path. The old dinosaur fossil thinking in Indian mil estab is cancerous. These guys were celebrating conflict termination as a big achievement. Pre-2025 Pakistan didnt have the offensive tools to sustain even a month long conflict with India. They would just get pummeled non-stop. Their wonder-weapon CM-400AKG was useless in may 2025.
The answer to this complication is to simply copy the chinese playbook. Find another country that has nothing to lose vis-a-vis Pakistan and is trigger happy to initiate conflicts with them. Answer-Afghanistan. Arm Afghanistan with Indian weapons that complicate Paksitan's calculations. First step should be to transfer the drone manufacturing capability so that they can have independent production capability. I am talking about drones like Shahed. Second step should to transfer our old ADS like old gen Akash and a joint situational awareness setup bw India & Afghanistan. This will push them deeper from both east & west. In future, transfer deep strike missile capabilities like Pralay missiles. Setup an Afgan drone & rocket force.
This will force Pakistan to invest In expensive ADS. A 2 front arms race that they will never win. But I also understand that dealing with Taliban is problematic.