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The Indo-Pak theatre is likely to result in a great amount of WVR engagements. This is likely not only due to the close proximity of airbases on both sides, but also due to the defensive role the PAF plans to play. The concept of dogfight seems decidedly obsolete, but only in it's historic form...

Thanks very much for the info., just a couple of more questions: I'm surprised by the F-15 mention. Was that ever considered in the past, in place of additional f-16 purchases? Also, I think you had previously mentioned how you guys found the Mica to be superior to the Amraams and judging by...

Can a high off-boresight WVR missile be fully utilized while being carried in an internal carriage like that of the f-35? Would the missile be launched and then lock on to the target or is there some other way? If you have the time, could you please explain Pulse Characteristic analysis and...

Does the HAF have any plans to procure or jointly develop a low observable aircraft of some type? Or is it just a matter of waiting for the f-35 until it's in mass production?

Whether a person agrees with Mr. MastanKhan or not, what cannot be denied is the passion he brings to each and every post. I find his posts very interesting and enlightening. I have been on the receiving end of a couple of these "sayings" and at the time it was embarrassing, but instead of...

The question of transparency comes down to the threat perception. How the PAF, and the Pakistani military as a whole, see the regional conflicts and disagreements playing out over the next decade or two. If the realization is that the true war is really on the Western border and that India is no...

That just sounds insane. How can one compare the combat radius of the f-35 with an aircraft that is yet to have any official figures regarding the performance of the engine or fuel capacity released. Generally everything negative about the f-35 plagues the j-20 as well. It is a bit rich to...

I'm highly uncomfortable with the idea that apparently Indians reveal too much, while Pakistan holds all sorts of secrets back. It is far too convenient a statement and history has often proved the opposite true. The Pakistani armed forces may truly hide their actual capabilities, but it would...

I am surprised how many members on this forum don't appreciate that fact. There is no greater gift than diversity and a chance to learn from others with differing opinions is what truly expands one's knowledge. I have been to India multiple times and was always frustrated by the inability of...

The irony about this is the reluctance of Pakistanis to talk about Pakistani issues. We have major economic issues, everyone wants to ignore them; we have major social issues, Pakistanis want to shove them under the rug; we have a military that Pakistanis want to talk about, but it has no money...

How incredibly convoluted a logic is required for people to murder a man in cold blood to protect the honor of Islam. Such stories seem to come out of Pakistan every few months; no longer can one shove them under the rug as an exception to the norm. Its the blood of an increasing number of...

My opinion of all other nations has improved to be honest. I think people always tend to focus on the wrong things and do so with a bias in their mind and tend to only recognize things that confirm their worst stereotypes. On this forum, I have seen great, polite and very knowledgeable...

The f-35 gets an unfair rap because of how public it's development has been. People tend to question its capabilities based on the painstaking process involved in developing it, without any benchmark or relevant comparison to work with. The public has never been this involved in a fighter...

This has always amazed me. Pakistan should know better than any other nation how dispensable small nations with nonexistent resources are. The Americans have let a deep relationship with Pakistan decay on multiple occasions, with no worry of consequences or any real remorse. We, Pakistanis...

Isn't that precisely why the perception of the US won't improve, even assuming they put forth their best effort. There are too many deep rooted problems in Pakistan, and thrusting perceived American wrong doings into the domestic limelight is the only way Pakistani leaders can make the common...

Israel and Pakistan can't be allies for the same reason all conflicts in the world remain unsolved...when people believe in the status quo as the only real truth. For there to be progress, nations have to move past historic issues and into a more era-specific space of mind. The Israelis won't...

Actually this is probably true. One thing that needs to be conceded to the Indians are their political moves of the past half century. By constantly picking the middle ground, they have played it safe and succeeded because of it. Now, as they are gaining increasing clout due to the rapid...

The reaction of the common man is what is so worrying about the increasingly Islamic leanings of our nation. While most of us forum members, with our generally educated backgrounds, agree this is a miscarriage of justice, the reaction of those it concerns is to the contrary. According to the...

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I don't disagree with you at all. If I'm being honest with myself, no longer living in Pakistan, I am out of touch with the emotional aspect of this whole ordeal. Whatever the wrongs the Americans maybe responsible for, I feel it is important for Pakistan to back off to protect it's existence as...