Even better idea, another very good idea. Like Pakistan, China will be just too happy to gift some part of its inventory. Then Sri Lanka can threat India, if Indian fisherman catch even one fish in our waters we will nuke India :highly_amused:

Like Y-20 Bacon said Sri Lanka should re-align itself with China and Pakistan. They will be the 3rd Chinese state after NK and Pak. Then we will live all happy in Asia as most of India’s neighborhood will be bankrupt or have no individual national identity.

JF-17, might be good idea as it is the cheapest and they don’t need to use it much. May be escorting civil plane or flying during national days etc, it will do good. I am not suggesting LCA, because we need those in big number in India first before we can gift any of these for free.

Is this normal you or you just being sarcastic?

No talk of JF-17 acquisition in the local press & chit-chats. According to the Defense Secretary, the unusually large defense budget is needed to maintain the personnel of the tri forces. Active army alone accounts for almost 200,000, plus welfare for soldiers, disabled solders, fallen soldiers & their families, etc and massive loan payments for past acquisition. Large amount of weapons were bought on loan. So, when it comes to new acquisitions, I seriously doubt much room is their for JF-17. Looking at the military parades, I have seen little or no change since 2009 in-terms of equipment.

We can’t judge the changes made by looking at the military parade.
Since 2009 6 Mi-17s (4 delivered recently plus 10 on order) 4 MA-60s, 4 Bell 412s, 2 JY-11 Air Defence Radars, and unknow number of Sa-18s and ZPUs have been imported.