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Nothing more than a political attempt at remaining internationally relevant or, at least, showing that they are still relevant. After all, this is what was promised for Brexit. The UK is, however, cutting back on its defence budget. I am surprised they are willing to bear the cost of overseas...

Pakistan did not develop the first "computer" virus. The first computer virus was "Creeper" developed in 1971. Alvi brothers from Pakistan developed the "Brain Virus" in 1986, which was the first-ever virus to infect IBM PCs. Pakistan also does not have the 2nd largest Masjid. If I am correct...

Pakistan is also technically democratic, as it has working parliament. Although last election was openly massively rigged. However, this does matter, as I don't hate democracy as I consider it as means to bring about equilibrium in countries with diverse ethnic populations. What I do hate is...

The Americans have simply killed two birds with one stone. First, they wanted to create hurdles for Turkish arms industry because of their acquisition of S-400 system. Second, they no longer want to give free or cheap piggy back rides to Pakistan when its comes to military transaction. Much as...

Yes, the 70s are still in service.

Would be a good idea. By the time MILDEN is ready to be inducted we might possibly be considering phasing out Augusta-90B & would have already phased out Augusta-70.

Problem is not with democracy but understanding of it and implementation of it based on the Western values and not on the existing ground realities in ones own country. Most people understand democracy as elections & right to vote. Whereas, elections & right to vote are not democracy themselves...

As far as dealing with the American export control laws and rules are concerned this is the case. Any technology/weapon that incorporates American items, be it a small screw, essentially becomes hostage to American approval for re-export. If you remove the American items from it then there is no...

The original Italian A129 upon which the Turkish T129 is based did not/does not use Honeywell engine. They had/have Rolls Royce Gem engines. RR buying Honeywell does not mean that American export laws apply to RR's products/IP. They would only apply to items that Honeywell owns IP for or RR...

My knowledge about helicopters is quite meagre but I wonder why Pakistan isn't considering Rolls-Royce Gem engine that is being used on the original Agusta A129 Mangusta by the Italians? We could either go directly to Britain or negotiate the Italian version, if possible. I don't think either...

Fabricated a news, probably in an effort to undermine the possible export considerations. This seems to spur up now and then when a news about any country being interested in JF-17 comes up. It's been only few days since Turkey's name came up. Hence, the Greek source is identified, knowing very...

I would say that the opposition probably has more popular support than the government right now. This is both because of the electoral structure and failure of the government to deliver on its promises and improve the micro-economic conditions, for whatever reasons.

One hitch, though I don't know if it still exists. The Chinese were not all too happy with Turkish stance on the East Turkistan aka Uyghur issue. From what it seems, Erdogan has taken up a silence on the issue in recent years. However, there is still domestic support for the Uyghur cause in...

Memory is bit hazy about this, but I believe one of the lead persons for the U.S. who was instrumental in having the F-16 deal with Pakistan go through successfully during 2nd Bush' presidency was an Indian-American.

He doesn't have kids. Hasn't seen his wife in ages.

Perhaps, AVIC should partner up SAC with CAC to streamline the FC-31 development.

In politics, domestic or international, there are no cowardice, only cautious calculations. The U.S. is almost always willing to create exceptions for India, even with the lack of quid pro quo from it. This is evinced by the U.S. lead NSG wavier for India even though India did not conclude...

My concerns exactly. Pakistan should be cautious of this.

Perhaps, mitigate the problem with liability and arbitration clause. The military should approach governmental arbitration body (legislative and judicial committee, or Senate's standing committee) and prove that the certain aspects of the operations are contrary to national interests or defence...

Yes. But what I fear is that the military might develop anxiety for having let go of operations of the defence industry. This could lead them to develop a tendency for obsessive-compulsive intrusions in civilian operations on a regular basis, leading to the eventual breakdown of operations. Of...