China badly outclasses India with modern aircraft, electronics, drones, state of the art missiles, and overall armaments. They, thanks to their access to the latest US technology, are very well armed and can unleash hell on the Indian army however brave they may be. China’s generals really want a limited war to evaluate their weaponry. They also want to humiliate India.
It won’t be an air war, or anything resembling it.
It will be a dog fight at 15,000ft. Not even helos operate up there.
And India has armaments that are in the same class.
Remember they are a nuclear nation and operated a carrier and nuclear subs before China ever laid a keel for either.