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Pakistan economy was as bad as now when order for 4 Type 54 A/P were done. Of course they are coming through loan as usual. Instead of buying two pieces of this and two pieces of that from all over the world, PN should have stick to Chinese for back bone of the navy and in addition of 8 Chinese...

In my humble opinion AZM is just technical study to understand 5th generation aircraft. PAF does not have fund, technology or capability to build a 5th generation aircraft by itself. It either have to collaborate with China for joint development (meaning setting requirements and priorities and...

The reasons PN went for Type 54A with minimal customization is very competitive price and swift delivery. If PN asked for major changes both of these points will not hold. But Pakistan needs these capabilities yesterday or last decades to stop constant threat of naval blockade by hostile...

Pakistan Navy naval ships classification is not based on tonnage rather functions and roles (defence vs offence). It seems frigates are for intentercepting submarine and other ships as well as defence of own naval installation and coastline. Destroyers are for attacking enemy shoreline and...

No not at all. Project Azm will be most probably aligned with Chinese FC20 a kind of mini J20 but little bit bigger size than J10C with single engine full composite stealth air superiority fighter. It will have all most all features and capabilities of J20 permissible within its size and...

Many Islamists blame Kemal Ataturk for destroying Khelafat in Turkey but they do not know the history, circumstances and the situation of Turkey in the dying days of Ottoman. Though Ottoman were the khilafat but near their end they were anything but Islamic, with lack of vision, backwardness...

Even if we agree for shake of discussion that EriEye one side array has tracking capabilities of 150 degrees. But ESM has 360 degree detection capabilities. So after the early detection of boggies at 12 or 6 O' clock by ESM, the plane can make a small correction of its course so the array T/R...

Exactly same opinion. Diversification is the key word. Monopoly is bad in every way. Also the famous saying: "one bird in hand is better than ten birds in bush". Another one is "cut your coat according to your clothe".

Why EriEye T/R modules have to be arranged in l-shape double sided arrays? They can be arranged in S, I or Z-shaped or <=>-shaped arrays, for example Sides= 2X80 + Front/Back = 2X16 total = 192 T/R modules for 360 degree active coverage . Also "signal direction capability" (? I do not know the...

I would guess attaching T/R modules in double sided S-shape or I-shape array (instead of straight l-shape array) would achieve 360 degrees.

As I have stated already it many times here as well as in other forums, PAF's choice of F-16s were right one. It was right decision in 1981, correct decision in 1989 as well as best decision in 2005. Though PAF should have immediately stopped paying for F16s when those were embargoed. But the...

I have another question from Shamim Sir, if you kindly answer. Will Darter series "Pakistani copy" missiles also be integrated with JF-17s? If so, in what time frame? Why PAF then needs SD-10 or Mica as was speculated by some. Can you please do some comparative analysis among Darter series...

Sir Shamim, could you please elaborate more about the difference between basic R-Darter and that "Pakistani copy" of it, as far as you know. This is one of the most hotly discussed topic in Pakistani boards for many years and there were many speculations, arguments and counter arguments for...

This is the typical mistake most people make when discussing this subject. The matter of fact is AWACS was the name of the project for the development of E3 Sentry for USAF and AEW&C is the function it is developed to perform. But now a days in general discussion the term AWACS is used for every...

PA should have ordered WZ-9 gunship helicopters from china long back instead of shamelessly begging for more cobras or Apachees from USA. May be WZ-9s are not top of the line but good enough against current fighting with militants in FATA nad NWFP. Also instead of keep asking for pedetor drones...

I am damn sick and tried of PA begging cobras/apaches from USA beside constant refusal or dilly dally from USA. This has been the single most crippling deficiency for PA to pursue militants in FATA and swat successfully. These discussions are going on since Pakistan joined WOT but in vain, USA...

I do not agree with it. In my opinion reliability is more important than performance. A high performance good has no value if it is not reliable. The reliability is absolutely must in ordering, delivery, operation, performance, maintenance through its life cycle. I have stated it many time that...

It is very difficult to estimate price for second hand goods, specially second hand defence goods and depends on multiple factors. Because they are not in sale everyday and hard to get any reference price. For example PN liked very much those British Type 23 class ships as they are very capable...

If PAK-US relation was normal, more F16s would be definitly the best buy. But it is not and it is heading south day by day. If you consider Pak-US relation with the equation of China, India, Central Asia and Pak being Islamic nuke country, you should already know that there is no future in it...

Mastan Khan, it is almost pointless to argue in any Pakistani Defence froum. Most of the people has bazaar like mentality so that they seems to have either crystal ball so see everything PAF will do in advance or have have day job as PAF air marshals so know what decisions they will take in...