ABSTRACT The Indian Air Force confronts an accelerating fifth-generation fighter asymmetry across the Himalayan frontier and the Indian Ocean Region, where People’s Liberation Army Air Force deployment of the J-20 Mighty Dragon and Pakistan Air Force modernization trajectories impose non-linear operational pressures on legacy Su-30MKI fleets and Tejas platforms. Within this contested airspace architecture, Hindustan … Leggi tutto India’s Strategic Pivot Toward Localized Production of the Sukhoi Su-57 Felon – Geopolitical Leverage, Industrial Sovereignty and Fifth-Generation Airpower Equilibrium in the Indo-Pacific