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That would aggravate the security situation. Both sides must learn to respect each other's boundaries.

Interesting point. The problem with this is that the politics of 1930s-1940s did not have much to do with ethnic politics and more to do with religious identities. IMO, on the broader level the whole debacle started with Congress' rejection of ML's demand for quota system for Muslims. Nehru...

Prestige, in the first instance.

Its a two way dependency. India cannot just walk away from Russia and jeopardise the logistical support and ammunition supply for the large number of Russian origin weapons platforms in its arsenal.

In Pakistan private security is for being conspicuous. Mainly for portraying oneself as coming from wealth and/or validating oneself as someone important. It seldom has to do with actual security. These guards mostly accompany the kids (boys) of wealthy industrialists, landlords and politicians.

Some 20 plus out of 80 plus F-14s have survived. Sanctions can hit one very badly. In the case of Pakistan, the Americans have found alternative means for arm twisting instead of imposing full frontal sanctions. But the end result is going to be same: suspension of F-16 sale and support. But I...

A good rational post. Having said that, let's (us Pakistanis) not count chickens before they hatch.

What you are probably referring to as garbage is 'spent fuel,' which is used fuel that can no longer sustain sufficient chain reaction for energy production. However, as a byproduct it produces Pu-239 that can be used for nuclear bombs. I have not gone through JCPOA so I do not know if it refers...

khushab Nuclear Complex

What exactly do you mean by "produced plutonium"? If you mean the Pu-239 then it is utilised for nuclear weapons programme. If you strictly mean the waste - & only the complete waste - then it is disposed off at predispose waste management facilities. I think all the nuclear complexes are using...

KRL at Kahuta was constructed in 1976 and has been producing HEU since the mid-to-late 1980s. Going by the American sources, the IR-4 is based on Pakistani P-2 centrifuge. Pakistan, however, now operates P-3, P-4 and quite possibly even more latest variants, i.e. P-5 and P-6. I am, however...

If we go by what the AQ Khan has said then all he did was provide blue prints on centrifuge design and details on where to fish the material from in Europe, which would mean that Iran had to do a lot of problem solving on its own. If we go by the Americans then AQ Khan provided some centrifuge...

You mean Chile, right?

There was a lot of emphasis on satellite development and launches in the 30 years "roadmap" - aka Space Program 2040 - but I am unsure if it involved any plans for a launch vehicle. My research related interactions have me believe that there are some officials in the strategic enclave who do...

Missing man formation (MMF) is generally not flown with two aircraft. It requires three (at least) or more to send out proper visual message. The Americans use finger-four method with four aircraft. One aircraft represents the fallen pilot and takes itself out of the formation very sombrely. It...

I suspect it's a national prestige thing.

Yes, these and other qualitative improvements in the existing missile forces is the way to go. MIRVs and MARVs is the area Pakistan need to focus on. Work is being carried out on MIRV as evident with Ababeel's development but I suspect MARV is also on the card. Honestly speaking I do not...

According to former DG SPD, Gen (R) Khalid Kidwai the 2750km Shaheen-3 is far as Pakistan would go. The missile addresses Pakistan's primary objective of covering India in its entirety, including its Andaman and Nicobar islands. There are no strategic or political compulsions that require...

Those are indeed dummies. There is nothing to suggest that they are no longer in service. We do have occasional flight-tests of Ghauri now and then but the solid-fuel Shaheen series seems to have become the priority programme. Missile programme has less to do with the GHQ and more with the...

In some ways Kalam did make Pakistan a nuclear state, it least in the overt sense. His continued coaxing of both the Congress and BJP governments eventually led to the 1998 nuclear tests. He did so on personal and organisational agenda. This led Pakistan to conducted its own nuclear tests in...