Within days of the beginning of hostilities between India and Pakistan, arms suppliers around the world have started evaluating the efficacy of alternative weapons platforms. First off the ground was an Anglo-American news agency, Reuters, which reported the downing of the French fighter jet Rafale, which is now part of the arsenal of the Indian Air Force. The shares of Dassault Aviation, the producer of Rafale fighter jets, plummeted 3.3 percentage points, with the share value going down from $373.8 to $362.05. At the same time, the shares of the Chinese company Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, producer of the J-10C and...