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Europe's militaries are relatively underfunded because, in actuality, the Europeans found more effective ways to pursue their national interests -- i.e., leveraging economic ties with the U.S. and longstanding political relationships with Africa and the Middle East. They don't fight for...

Reading this, you'd think it's satire...

I agree. PAA had explored H215m and H225m, but our cool relationship with France put those ideas to rest. Ultimately, the future will likely be small batch orders of a Chinese or Turkish program.

You know it's crazy when @Zarvan pulls the "audacity" word lol.

...yep...that Pakistanis just don't care enough.

The world's really moving past the point of caring what Russia thinks.

tbh... I bet Russia wants to supply Iran with Su-35s, but it just can't do it. Russia's industrial capabilities are well behind that of China across almost all areas, especially electronics and aerostructure materials. They can't scale as widely as China nor can they up output as high as China...

India threw its inherited elites to the wayside with land reform and, in turn, grew a new business elite that competed globally. Bangladesh evicted its elites in 1971 (as it had been ruled by the same stock as Pakistan) and, like India, grew a new business class that competed globally...

IMO... Iran will eventually purchase new-gen fighters, but from China. America wants to see how much it can push China before getting a real response; IMO, China opening the floodgates of advanced arms to Iran is going to be "find out" moment.

tbh...the past 75 years are gone, but the next 75 years are still waiting to happen. The first rule of nation-building is to think about what one will do in the next 5, 10, 15, 30, 50, and 75 years. It's all about setting a vision and laying a methodology for the society to implement, starting...

Our problem as Pakistanis is that we have dependency syndrome with other nations. Okay, we've established that the entire world is strengthening India...and??? If we Pakistanis have a problem with something, then it's upon us to find a way to solve it. However, solving the problem requires...

If there was a tax on every promise made by a Pakistani general, politician, and maulvi, Pakistan would have so much money that it'd have to loan it out at 0% interest because the cash-cows just can't shut up.

The F-16A/Bs will start reaching 8,000 hours in the 2030s; so, if the PAF can't afford enough KAANs, it'll probably need to buy additional J-10CEs to replace those older F-16A/Bs. That said, the J-10CE will likely undergo further improvements too.

Yep...and calling it JHMCS might be doing a disservice to the Chinese HMD/S. IIRC, the later is a lot closer in technology/concept to the BAE Striker II than the JHMCS-series (which, by this point, is more of a legacy kit).

The next time the ISI tries to steal something from India, it might be worth getting info on their internal R&D processes, their academia-industry management, and how they evaluate R&D professionals. We can apply all that in Pakistan. It's 95% common sense, but maybe if the ISI discovered it...

We should also stop narrowing in on Jinnah and, instead, ask the more important question: what did the first-generation of Pakistani elites want? Ultimately, those elites were administrators in British India and, in all likelihood, lacked the knowledge and desire to implement a Pan-Islamic...

These are merely enthusiast models. Don't take them seriously.

If this wasn't bad enough, I guarantee you 'Defence Food Authority' won't even produce for export, they'll just support the domestic market and, in time, drive the other local producers out of business. So, we'll be left with perennially underutilized agriculture assets. So, you can't even...

They could allow sherwani or shalwar kameez with a fully-buttoned waistcoat.

Translation: Pakistan will buy 60 J-10C aircraft from China. Authenticity: Not verified, but the PAF is likely aiming to have a fleet of at least 90 J-10CEs (just going by its past approach to inducting new fighters -- it always aims for at least 90 units).