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Pakistan-China Stealth Fighter Deal Puts India Under Pressure to Modernise Air Force

By David Miller

• Oct 8, 2026 • 5 min read

Pakistan-China Stealth Fighter Deal Puts India Under Pressure to Modernise Air Force

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The Deal Would Further Put Pressure on India to Move Towards the Acquisition of the F-35S, Even as It Accelerates Its Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft Programme to Develop and Deploy a Stealth Combat Aircraft by 2032, Said Harsh V. Pant, a Professor of International Relations at the India Institute of King’s College London.

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