Rafale's avionics are clearly not doing anything because they couldn't even see the incoming missile.
Sounds like PL-15 has some on board jammers, ECM, decoy, EW capabilities.
I was surprised to find out that Bangladesh's economy is now about the same size as Pakistan's, despite the latter having 50% more population.
I don't think anyone is optimistic about Pakistan's future, as well as the long term position vs India.
Fortunately, by that point, China will likely have established a stronger foothold in the Indian Ocean region and be in a better position to play a larger role.
But first, a certain island needs to be dealt with...
Bangladesh didn't have 40 years of war on it's border with two superpowers involved.
Here is the problem with your argument. The reason China's arms don't sell is because of politics, not because other countries think China's arms are not good.
The biggest problem is imo if you sell to certain countries, there is a good chance they will share the data with China's adversaries. Pretty much all the Gulf Arabs are suspect as well as LATAM except maybe Venezuela and Cuba. I'm certain Pakistan received some data on Rafales from Egypt and Qatar.
Instead of talking about it, Pakistan should do it. You can’t reason with the Hindutva. They are as extreme as the Zionists. Only when their wet dreams of surpassing China as an economic and industrial power are going down the drain will they want a ceasefire.
Hindutva aren't that brave yet. They know they cannot shape the international narrative in their favor like Zionists do who've infiltrated all the positions of authority in Western countries. Nor do they have infinite backing of foreign countries.
I feel like Indian military is pragmatic and knows it's limits but is forced to deal with delusional politicians who think they're invincible. So, the military gets goaded into conflict they aren't sure of themselves.
Now, despite the whatever ceasefire, the Indus River treaty is still suspended which will inevitably lead to conflict in the future.
I remember very well Indians were boasting about Rafale would dominating J-10C with Meteor and the godly SPECTRA when they first got them. And even J-20 were paper tiger from Temu that get tracked by their Su-30MKI.
But sadly Indians were not alone, I see quite a few Pakistani members including mods who have the same opinion on J-10C vs Rafale on their site back then. Thea's why it was so satisfying to see the result the last few days.
It's always better to encourage nonsense and false glory among the opponent. Make them believe their equipment is the best.
Missiles have fairly low radar cross section and are hard to detect from the frontal profile.
How does the MAWS pick it up?