Both Pakistan and India were once within a country and a British colony
After Britain granted India's independence in 1947, this country split into two countries, present-day India and Pakistan
Although it was once a nation, but when it became two independent nation, India and Pakistan immediately became rivals
Between the two countries, there were 3 major wars and hundreds of border conflicts
killing hundreds of thousands of people
After the Pakistani state was established, the United States saw Pakistan as a strategic ally outside of NATO
During the 1980s, Pakistan stood side by side with the United States in support of the Mujahideen forces against the Soviet Army in Afghanistan
The US sold many weapons to Pakistan at the time, notably the F-16 fighters
which enabled Pakistan to cope with the Soviet MiG-29 fighters at that time
In 1998, India tested six nuclear bombs within three days
Nearly three weeks later, Pakistan ran a similar test schedule, with five bombs in one day and the sixth one three days later
This action by both India and Pakistan was condemned by the world
The US immediately imposed arms embargoes on both India and Pakistan.
Taking advantage of the fragmented relationship between the United States and Pakistan
China provided Pakistan with a great deal of military weapons and equipment
and in return, the Pakistani Army bought many Chinese weapons
One of the outstanding military cooperation achievements between China and Pakistan is the JF-17 light fighter
In addition to equipment for the Pakistani Air Force, this aircraft is also aimed at the export market
Because of the strong relationship between Pakistan and China
the US is concerned that its military technologies could be secretly transferred to China by Pakistan
The US concern is valid, since Pakistan had previously delivered a Tomahawk missile
which was crashed in Pakistani territory during the US war with Afghanistan in 2001
and a Black Hawk helicopter
crashed during the US special forces destroying terrorist boss Osama bin Laden
for the Chinese side
Even Russia is not ready to supply modern weapons to Pakistan,
as India has always been a non-treaty "ally" of the Soviet Union and Russia
Most of the Indian Army's current weapons originate from the Soviet Union and Russia
It was the Indian arms market that saved the Russian defense industry from collapsing after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Just recently, as tensions have escalated between China and India
India has spent billions on buying Russian weapons including fighters, mobile air defense missiles, radar, etc
Not only that, when the Obama administration implements a pivotal policy to the Asia-Pacific region
the relationship between the US and India is getting closer and closer
The United States has sold to India a variety of modern weapons, even may be the F-35 stealth fighter jet in the near future
With a potential arms market like India, neither Russia nor the US wants to anger India
They will certainly not supply weapons to Pakistan
With its current state, Pakistan is only relying on Chinese weapons to modernize its military