To begin with - and assuming that the reports of the acquisition are true - the Tu-160 for India would be a political instrument for global power projection. The DRDO, Indian policy planners, and strategic analysts, such as Bharat Karnad, have long held a skewed belief that mimicking the weapons...
I thought Turkey and Pakistan had pooled their resources together for the next-gen fighter. Did I miss something while I have been keeping away from this forum?
A lot of time forces modernize not because of the threats they face - or they perceive they are facing - but because of organizational and budgetary preservation. With its current inventory, FAA may be on the cusp of becoming defunct as a military force. But since it has been allocated a budget...
Denmark has decided to keep its F-16s flying for at least three more years because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, therefore Argentina hasn't got much chance of "making up its mind" on those aircraft. Prospects of JF-17 look good but still not assured.
It was/is not a good location but much of the PAEC facilities and personnel were based near Islamabad. The KRL was technically a part of the PAEC and an offshoot of its ERL (Engineering Research Laboratories). ZA Bhutto gave complete operational control of the KRL to DR AQ Khan, leading many to...
As far as my knowledge is concerned the threat was first conveyed (privately) by then Chairman PAEC Munir Ahmad Khan to his Indian counterpart Raja Ramanna sometime in 1983 after the first batch of F-16s were delivered in January of that year. Khan invited Ramanna for a meal during while both...
I have this phobia, if we can call it that. This happens especially if the hotel room is large & with two beds, which is almost always the case with me. My fear stems from the assumption that not only am I alone in the room but on the entire floor.
None of them is doing anything to any South Asian country. We are inherently xenophobic and believe outside powers are out to get us and react prematurely to these sentiments. In the end we drop the axe on our own feet.
I think, although I am unsure of this, Clinton Admin at one point was thinking of releasing the F-16 money that BB gov had paid the US to France for potential Pakistani Mirage 2000-5. Don't know what happened to it though.
Even if a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan fails the war will flatten Taiwanese infrastructure almost completely and destroyed its economy, just as in Ukraine's case. Russia may not be winning but Ukraine is losing a lot by the hour.