The recent regional conflict between Pakistan and India could be described as a clear warning message about the US and Taiwan, because if anything gave a taste of China’s progress in the fighter aircraft and showed that the US will be able to make it.

Although allegations of both Islamabad and New Delhi have not been confirmed, they have allowed experts watching the progress of the airline and China fighter aircraft to form a picture of the capabilities of the Asian giant.

And the conclusion is clear: Beijing’s defense systems are becoming increasingly reliable.

Pakistan claimed that the Chinese-made J-10C fighter aircraft posted by its Air Force were shot down by many Indian aircraft during the military. A claim that New Delhi categorically rejects.

Even if Islamabad’s claims are true, Beijing’s military capabilities cannot be compared to those of the US. The J-10C aircraft is not a fully stealth fighter such as the US F-22 or F-35, but it has some features that make it less visible on radar.

In any case, however, it demonstrates the significant investments made by the Communist Party to upgrade the Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army and is in line with President Xi Jing’s goal for a full military modernization of the country by 2027.

The use of J-10C aircraft in the Pakistan-India regional collision suggests that the goal of the SI probability is gradually achieved.

For the time being, of course, the US is still the world leader in ether, with more military aircraft from Russia, China, India, South Korea and Japan together, according to Flightglobal’s World Air Forces 2025 report.

However, much of America’s aircraft stock is no longer at its peak, including fighter aircraft and decades bombardment.

Meanwhile, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force is growing rapidly, although it is far from competing with US numerically.

But it reduces the gap. Washington currently maintains the advantage in a fifth generation aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35, although Beijing bridges the gap there. It is reportedly manufacturing more than 100 fifth-generation J-20 fifty aircraft and has almost tripled the construction of other types of aircraft, such as the J-10C and J-16, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

This is made possible thanks to the central, state approach governing PLA. Overall, the rapid construction of new fighter media, such as ships and airplanes, shows a military and industrial base that is becoming more and more ready for a collision with the US, adds the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

China is also starting to compete with the US as well as integrated defense systems, says Mike Dahm, a senior researcher of aerospace and Chinese studies at the Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.

“The US military has excelled the interconnection of different ground, space and air systems in an effective chain of extermination,” he notes but adds: “I believe the Chinese have now shown it in the India-Pakistan conflict.”

Another point that needs attention, according to Dahm, concerns geographical conditions. Beijing has the advantage that it is in the same “neighborhood” as its potential opponents in a possible war. This is not the case for the US, despite their numerous bases in the Indo-Pacific region.

Beijing’s airline potential as it is natural have sounded the alarm in Washington. China’s latest annual military power report, which developed by the Pentagon, highlights the drastic increase in the nuclear, space, missile and airline and airline (PLA) (PLA) in recent years.

At the same time, the report adds that China wants to expand its military range far beyond the first islands chain, the virtual line extending from the islands of Japan, passes through the Philippines and reaches the southern end of the southern Chinese sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.

This line is a key pillar of Washington’s security architecture in the Indo -Pacific – but most importantly, it also includes Taiwan, which is claimed by Beijing.

Si has vowed that China will be united with the self -governing island by 2049 – it is a central part of the National Revitalization Plan of the Chinese President. However, this timetable may change.

For the first time during the annual military exercises earlier this year, the Taiwan Defense Ministry said in 2027 as a possible year for a Chinese invasion. This may be related to Si’s goal of building a modern army until then.

US officials have also repeatedly supported this view, citing the rapid construction of warships, fighter aircraft and missiles in which China has made in 2020.

Although the strengthening of Beijing’s military capabilities does not confirm any intention, it is still intensifying both for the island’s defense and for US military sovereignty in the region. Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Administration, said PLA had shown increasing opportunities through continuous operations against Taiwan, which escalated by 300% in 2024. depositing before Congress in April, he also warned that they were not just alert but not only.

Taiwan has already begun to revise her defensive strategy, with Patriot Pac-3 systems and PAC-3 MSE anti-aircraft missiles capable of preventing threats. Theoretically, these systems will also allow her to detect advanced fighters at higher altitudes.

Washington, however, will also have to continue investing in next -generation aircraft technology to maintain the advantage over Beijing, which also develops a sixth generation fighter aircraft.

In short, the India-Pakistan conflict gave a taste of what China’s Air Force can do. Washington and Taipei should not wait until the next demonstration from Beijing.