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Oh Shucks! I am sorry Faisal for not mentioning you. Your inquisitive mind and knowledgeable posts always give me a pause to rethink. Keep it up. And Mastan Saheb, You are reading it right. I did try to paly the Devil's advocate but if you visit Pakdef, which I am sure you do, you will find...

Food for thought-A great post. You make a lot of sense. Hope someone in PAF is reading this and other posts by you and Mastan Khan Saheb.

You make a lot of sense. Thanks.

Pardon my language. Swiss are bloody idiots. They have refused to provide parts for a defensive systems for POLITICAL REASONS. They were supplying all during the military rule. Wonder what they mean. Kneejerk reactionary they are. Reminds me of an incident in mid 70s while I worked for...

I agree. Pakistan has to remain cautious. At the risk of inserting a political note, let me also mention that Chanakyas have found themselves at a great disadvantage now. Being too smart, they tried to toe Bush's strategy to put them as a hedge against the Chinese, resulting in Chanakyas giving...

Posted on pakdef as well: Latest on J-10B: J-10B was unveilled in December 2008. It had its maiden test flight this month (March 2009) Some new information about the changes : 1, Airframe and avionics have been improved; 2. DSI replacing a lot of structures thus reducing weight by...

No they were not. If they have been, they should had appeared somewhere. But they mysteriously appeared two days after being posted on pakdef. Can you point me to a website other than the one on the pictures where these pictures have appeared. Nice job erasing the website.

Great picture Was Saheb. You really have very good sources for these pictures.

11. Before the landing gear also ready. 12. S-type bubble-type canopy bubble Ah really. 13Landing gear is installed well, and put on the ground

6. Everyone busy in the left landing gear installed under the fuselage 7. Busy morning. 8. Also install the main landing gear, it is not easy loading. 9. Installed the main landing gear well, and is still vacant Medium. Load-bearing can be seen landing at the former, two main round was a...

I am blessed with some great friends in China who share my passion with Air Force. They keep sending me interesting and intriguiging photographs and keep me abreast with latest news. My friend Dongqui has sent me the following photos which I like to share. Shows the ingenuity and...

Araz Saheb, May God find the best place in heaven for your father. What was your father's name. I may know him. My father was the cfaptain of the Pakistan Bridge team. I know Zia Mehmood and his partner Saleem Saheb. My father's name was Mohammad shamim. Best Regards.

To tell you the truthe you gentlemen make a lot of sense. If you go to pakdef, you will see several of my posts in favour of acquiring UAE and Qatari Mirages. Problems is that decision are many times made by people who have absolutely no idea as to what is best. That is the reason that Chiefs...

Mastan Khan Saheb, I am really touched by your sense of frustration and your love for Pakistan and its security and integrity. May God bless you. There seems to be some serious misunderstandings that I like to address: 1. Mirage 2000 deal for 32 copies had actually climbed to $4...

Mastan Khan Saheb, Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate them. I may state thet I always liked Mirages and would have loved them being part of PAF. M2-K was an extremely expensive gift What you may have heard that Pakistan had a better chance of acquiring them during BB's Government but...

Just a clarification. All F-16 A/B that PAF received were upgraded to OCU standard and they received the Falcon-UP structural modification upgrade as well during late 1980s..

Bhai! will you pay $90 million for a 12 year old airframe with 12 year old engines and 12 year old capabilities. Mirage-2000 is a wonderful aircraft but does it have AESA or DRFM which F-16 Block-50/52 will not have either. What F-16s come with are the latest and uptodated equipment and a brand...

Pakistan will buy whatever version comes close to providing capabilities that PAF wants and needs. May that is the reason that the version it needs was not available. Aircrafts are not something that you can pick up off the shelf. Also the first production goes to PLAAF. What Pakistan really...

Correct. It does mean impacting aircraft's forebody and center fuselage as well redesigning of weapons bay etc. And that can be really costly. In case of F-16 the DSI was tested by making changes on a single F-16 Block-30 aircraft and then klessons learned were incorporated in the design of the...

Good answer. Let me also add a little bit more information on DSI. This technology was first tested on F-16 and it really created unbelievable results which were later introduced on F-35. When flying at high to supersonic speeds, aircrafts use heavy and expensive equipment/approaches to...