Agree to all of the above.
Balance of evidence suggests that this was a probing attack, meant to collect information and hoping for an interception for subsequent deniability. Admission of failure & blame on a malfunction would have been Plan B that has unfolded. My mind is fixing on this...
I appreciate your candor & I understand your position.
Guys, I humbly request that you stop arguing with Joe Shearer. He is not GOI representative here. He is a patriotic Indian citizen, just as concerned about the current state of affairs as we ourselves are. Thank you.
Sir, the chances are remote that two failures will happen concurrently. I will allow that the missiles brain got fried & that could mean all sorts of things going wrong. But in sensitive systems there are back-ups & fail-safe modes. If there were none then this is not only a bad design but a...
That, my friend, is the crux of the matter. I can not imagine that once the deviation was detected (due to a malfunctioning actuator, let us say), then why did the missile not self-destruct? This single point is a big question mark on the Indian narrative. It can not be taken on face value just...
Now that the whole matter has been laid to rest, let me share some thoughts:
1. Hats off to a few members who sent cryptic posts to help people from going into complete meltdown. I had begun to think that this was a targeted strike to take out a terrorist nest or something, but I could not...
Engine would probably be Chinese, unless PAF wishes to surprise us. But avionics is a question mark in my mind. It may be a mix of things. But I think that the radar at least, the main component of avionics package, would be indigenous.
It is not quite possible to speculate at this point. More information is needed. Azm 5Gen design is more complicated & we do not yet know if that is what Pakistan would opt for.
The fact that Pakistan is developing technology for own radar & other avionics tells me that the in case of a joint...
Well, I would let someone else confirm it to 100%. A few design details are not noticeable & I am not going to say anything about them. Its twin engined, has super-manueverability, & will be fast. AMCA can not hold even a candle to it.
But the question is: will this be built when there is J-35...
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/project-azm-pakistans-ambitious-quest-to-develop-5th-generation-military-technologies.522011/post-12570403
"Someone may or may not have seen project AZM design :whistle:
I can say with 80% confidence that what I have seen is indeed AZM design. I've debated in my...
I think so. This was a number of years ago. Someone else might be able to recall it better than I. But even with improvements of J-10C, the jet is basically the same - range, payload, aerodynamics; only the avionics & sensors are upgraded. Rafale's arrival in IAF, current state of the economy...
Oh well.
This is something beyond our control. What we can do is stay strong to face any misadventures. Power to AAP though. I hope they'll be better alternative.
When one knows that the opposing sides intellectual arsenal is just one word - "kurrupshion" - then one thinks about the waste of time one is about to commit to. You are neither the first nor the last of your kind that I have come across. So, we both know what we are doing.
A desperate attempt...
Nobody needs to apologize for an honest opinion based on available information. Its not as though he is being incompetent on a sensitive position. This is just a forum. For a while I also thought that J-10's performance gap with JF-17 was not big enough to justify a buy decision. This too was...
https://www.dawn.com/news/1679202/peshawar-mosque-attack-handler-among-three-killed-in-khyber
Good job by police. These khwarij ought to be found & killed if they resist.