Most of the time I open R&R it’s just another nationalistic **** measuring contest, at least sometimes there is variety between nations who are doing the contest.
Could just re-jig the lines and make a kinda, SAAF-INAF line after rank v so then people who didn’t care wouldn’t have to grind it but people that did such as myself could have things like the Ajeet, Marut, Tejas, Cheetah D/C and even though it is immorally wrong Su-30MKI (maybe just the late one with all the indian mods).
China, given that any fight with china will be an attempted invasion since their defense policy is very passive, prompting an american attack first. They would not lose an attempted invasion in conventional warfare
Also, any war with China means trade with Taiwan ends so no semiconductors and also no commercial trade with China which mean unhappy American people who will overthrow the government