This was in response to a comment by Bilal Khan where he shared pic of Sa'ar 72. Should have replied to it instead of posting it this way as it becomes confusing.
Nope, nada....this is not what our defense budget is for. We have meager resources and it should be spent upon real defense and not on spawning off such projects. thumbs down!!!!
Pakistani's were taken by surprise when US put F-16 on the table. They were no expecting this plane.
Rather the discussion was for A-7 and assembly of F-20/F-5E Tigershark.
Bohlari is on 25 Sq. kilometer area.
1. Not big enough to be Kamra in its present space.
2. Not by far the largest airbase. Some others are bigger.
3. 18 hardened shelters and 10 more Shelters on ADA Alert platform at both ends of the runways
Max two squadrons can be housed. And I see some...
Sir understand that they are junk!. Weapons are not the only thing on a boat that makes it capable. The power plant steering equipment, electrical systems, safety and firefighting equipment, navigation suit and sensors are some of the things that makes up a ship that can take to sea.
Spares...
People seldom pause to think how difficult it is to face certain death. They seldom can imagine the courage, dedication and sense of duty that one has to have to stare death in its face!! One can not fathom what selflessness and the kind of sense of honor would have prodded him to forget about...
Interesting story on how the STAR SAFIRE suite was fitted in on the Hercs and how the operators of the equipment got trained and how they were used to take out TTP with pinpoint accuracy during night ops. That broke the back of TTP since now they were being attacked round the clock.
Since then...
Many thanks for the info. It would be greatly helpful if you can include the specifications of the sensors. I have tried to look for them on the net but the designations keep on changing some of the ones i can find I have listed them:
Type 307 bow mounted sonar (Copy of Russian hull mounted...
In my opinion, the silent service....submariner has to be mentally tough to go to war in a submersible tomb, often not knowing what is going on around him and just noises coming closer. That would take a heavy toll on anyone's mental state. They don't have an ejection seat lever to pull and bail...