November 21, 2025: Russia recently discovered that the Pakistani ISI/ Inter-Services Intelligence agency was seeking to steal Russian military technology in the form of information on Russia’s S-400 air defense systems and helicopters. India has ordered ten regiments/battalions of Russian S-400 air defense squadrons. Deliverers will be completed in 2026. India currently has four squadrons, each consisting of sixteen vehicles. This includes missile launchers, radar, a control unit and support vehicles.

Pakistan uses air defense systems it obtained from China. These systems proved intermittently ineffective against Indian aircraft. For India, their S-400s proved to be a disappointment. Several other systems performed poorly. The brief fighting between India and Pakistan left India the net loser. Pakistan fought using 42 jets versus about 70 for India. Pakistan used several Chinese J-10C fighters which cost India three French Rafale jets and two Russian models, a MiG-29 and a SU-30MKI. Two S-400 missile launchers were damaged. This came after successful Indian airstrikes on over half a dozen Islamic terrorist targets on Pakistani territory in Kashmir as well as Pakistan air bases. India and Pakistan have been fighting over who should own all of Kashmir since 1947’.

The biggest surprise was the successful combat test of the Chinese J-10 jet. Since 1988 China has tried to get an original modern Chinese fighter design operational. The J-10 was the aircraft that succeeded. The J-10C version uses more composites in the airframe and has improved electronics. This includes a new AESA radar. J10s are the most widely used modern Chinese-designed jet fighter, and are still in production.