Why have we increased our weapons purchases from USA knowing these facts? In fact we are indirectly financing the prop job by doing this already pointed out, I hope people making the decisions in the MRCA and the nuclear deals are factoring in all these things.
Our focus has already shifted to countering China.
Indian military even on its worst day is more than a match for Pakistan.
China on the other hand can make waste advances before we can even stop their assault , US imports are the easiest way to counter Chinese advantage.
US sharing similar concerns on china also helps.
either way 10 years down the line , Pakistan military will look like poor mans China , with all their hardware.
Note however , Pak military personal are under no delusions they keep pushing for more US gear as it is clearly superior to what they get from China.
Political establishment can't pay for the gear , see's China's JV or Sales more acceptable.
As far is India is concerned Our situation with China can leverage us access to US capabilities and technologies while working towards our own indeginous capabilities.
Simply put even if we achieve that dream target of 70% indigenous hardware , 30% imports will still comprise of US imports as Well as Russian and maybe Israeli. Even in the long term US hardware is needed to deny China the Edge .