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Perhaps, Syria will buy it but for no obvious operational reasons.

The more insecure you make Russia the more likely the invasion becomes. Just my opinion.

Britain

I think dialogue and not debate would be a better idea.

A very sensible move. In the hindsight, I kept wondering why this has not happened yet?

That is absolutely true. As I stated before, the Talons were flown by seasoned F-22 pilots who knew the aircraft inside out. Whereas the F-22s were flown by relatively newer pilots on the aircraft. There were other factors involved also. But in the end, those F-22s weren't playing sitting ducks.

I believe it was WVR, yes. The details are available online. A simple google search can be useful if you are interested in the details.

In the end, a fighter aircraft is only as good as the pilot flying it. The USAF pilots flying T-38 Talons have defeated F-22s in air combat exercises. Talons were flown by seasoned F-22 pilots and the F-22s were flown by relatively less experienced pilots.

One needs to observe the dynamics of the U.S. involvement in the Soviet-Afghanistan War through two different idiosyncrasies - of President Carter and President Reagan. Carter's approach was principled but lukewarm. He definitely wanted to support Pakistan against the Soviets and thus lifted the...

He has come here to get an update on the nanotechnologies he injected into us through the COVID vaccine.

In the 1970s (after 1971), the Soviet antagonism with Pakistan had been considerably pacified. In fact, they began extending cooperation and set up the Pakistan Steel Mill. Soviet leadership was also not too happy about India's 1974 nuclear tests and they decided to open up to Pakistan. Soviet...

The reverse is more possible, given India's greater economic resources to purchase weapons in large quantities.

Not blaming Babar. Just highlighting that such a great talent in the team and they still couldn't pull through. I am cool & calm.

especially with Babar in the armpit

Essentially you are correct. The Organizational Structure Model applied to any country's structure will reveal conservatism, corruption, and incompetency working side-by-side. One cannot be rejected for the other. Bureaucratic politics, embedded with individual idiosyncrasies based on both...

That's the proper way to do it. However, India's problem is a bureaucratic creep. Defence acquisitions in India are processed through a [unnecessarily] large and multilayered structure. There is too much room for bureaucracies involved in the defence acquisitions to exercise undue politics and...

Musharraf visited CAC. Chinese offered the J-10 and Musharraf tentatively agreed to buy around 36 aircraft. From the little bit I have learned from the "people of knowledge and experience" the air force stood back. J-10A's configuration did not fulfil the PAF's requirement. Then there was the...

I think China has been actively doing so for the past couple of years or so. I believe they were at the front for pitching JF-17 to Serbia. Don't know of any further progress there.

China has always invoked 'grandfather clause' for assisting Pakistan's nuclear power programme. Grandfather clause allows a country to fulfill its agreements with another country that it had made prior to joining any prohibiting treaties. In essence, their commitments to assist Pakistan's...

The news is old but this time it is nearer to confirmation than it has been before. Pakistan was always going to be a silent observer, of a sort, in this deal because of the UK. But I wonder how much the "Pakistani factor" could be avoided by any country acquiring JF-17s.