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Let's start by leaving aside party politics and looking at this objectively. The NS government signed these agreements under the assumption that dollar rate will be kept artificially low. There is even a possibility that some corrupt person was gleefully rubbing his hand thinking he has forced...

Alright ladies and gentlemen. Can Pakistanis join together to give 100 million views and likes to this video? Who will take up this challenge? Please share with your family and friends and prevail upon them to watch it and like it.

As the Thunder starts making its mark around the world, and first world airforces start training to go up against it, how do you think professional pilots will communicate? JF-17 at your 3'o clock? Thunder at your 3'o clock? Jeff, 3'o clock? Jeff rolls off the tongue most easily. Many of those...

Because the video was exactly the same with the black rectangle hiding the weapon removed.

In the broader world, a space command is about taking war into space. As an example, the Americans now have the capability to send a craft near a satellite and interfere with its operations through robotics. And so, a realistic space command would make sure its satellites have the capability to...

According to what I have read, the actuators for active flow control have no moving parts.

Let me correct some unspoken misconceptions here. The end result of successful Azm is NOT 100 NGFA, 70 F-16, 36 J-10, 150 JF-17, 100 Mirages, and 30 F-7 PGs. Why? The financial cost of manufacturing and then operating/maintaining 100 NGFA is astronomical even if we are producing everything...

Think dynamic DSI with active flow control to control boundary layer before it enters the engine. Active flow control has been used to eliminate control surfaces. It would be a novel application to try and use it for removing the deficiencies of DSI. Maybe, you don't need DDSI to affect a wide...

I had dynamic DSI in mind, but didn't know if the technology has matured enough because this is a 6th gen concept. If we can have it, then I am all for it.

There is only one true benchmark of capability: working product being used by end user. And so I can summarize in one sentence Pakistan's capabilities in the realm of fighter jet design and manufacturing: we manufacture fighter jets. And the most rational and realistic plan for moving forward...

Those are not the walls of the cockpit, they are the skeleton for the underside of the cockpit. The paper is lying on the 'left' side of the aircraft when it is the right way up. So on the other side from where the paper is lying, is the area where our famous pipe bends inwards.

That's why I used the words 'bold step'. Now, there are many ways to skin the cat. You can take on the enemy using superior technology, top notch training, and a small number of aircraft. Everybody agrees with that. But you can also take on the enemy using slightly inferior technology, top...

And that is where I disagree respectfully. Because it is irrational to suggest that the very first aircraft designed and developed by PAC shall be a 5th gen, LO/Stealth aircraft. This is NOT how things happen. You need to give them the space to take what they already know - JF -17 Thunder - and...

Janab, there is a fundamental issue that stops scientific discussion. The requirements have not been defined. What is NGFA? What capabilities does it need? What aerodynamic qualities, flight envelope is needed? What engine shall we assume? Inlet design cannot happen inside a vacuum. I gave my...

The Mythical Man Month. Classic text on mismanagement in software projects. It shoots down the idea that adding more people to a project increases productivity. And it identifies an exponential explosion in communication requirements as the root cause. Communication has two parts: training new...

Well, 10000 people will also not design an FGFA for you if they don't have any prior experience. As a matter of fact, in this case, you need 20 people instead of 10000 because of one major reason: disagreements. Since nobody knows anything, there are going to be huge disagreements. And it is...

Disagree vehemently here. Let us not make 'number of people working on a project' the metric of success. Because if your words somehow end up at the right table and strike a chord, we will see a huge influx of useless hiring. Please, please don't go there. Brilliant work can be achieved by a...

In the past few years, PAC has subtly given hints on two fronts: machining/milling workshop people repeatedly say we are ready for NGF, and they show some type of design work going on. What happened this year is that they have been extremely hush-hush even about Block 3, and no updates about...

The need of the hour is not a new system, the need of the hour is a systemic purge. If the same filth is brought to a new system, it will bring down that new system as well. If the filth is removed from the current system, we may get a pleasant surprise that even the current system actually works.