well no shit
Back in Musharraf days the Pakistan lobby was doing pretty well that is why we got the 18 + 18 optional f-16 block 52+ approved
as soon as zardari and haqqani came the pakistan lobby was all but gone
Nope it is not, nor has it ever been that high.
Pakistan still spends more as percentage of gdp in south asia except afghanistan, but it has never been above 6% forget the double digit percentage.
"ever again"
come on man
Gen Sharif is great but the army is an institution and institutions consistently produce great leaders.
One thing is true his family has made more sacrifices for pakistan than any other general before him.
His shaheed brother and uncle are both nishane haider
Pakistan and india should come to an agreement regarding transporting goods via pakistani port to north western india.
For states like kashmir punjab, haryana and UP the transport cost via pakistan will be much lower than bringing them via indian ports in southern india and pakistan can benefit...
Let india waste money on buying expensive military hardware.
We should invest this money on education and improve our domestic industries so we don't have to ask anyone to subsidize any purchases
saab and zdk 03 being propeller powered planes is irrelevant
fighter jets in PAF inventory can easily match and fly at the speed required to fly in formation with either saab 2000 or zdk-03
I guess they don't wanna take any chances at low altitude
the Atlantique incident could have been avoided...
Navy and air force both have been very careless when it comes to protecting surveillance aircraft
it goes back to 1999 Atlantique Incident. The aircraft was flying close to the border unescorted, then the mehran base attack and then the kamra attack. The loss goes above $150 million.
two different types of awacs in a formation looks very odd
each awacs should be escorted by fighter jets in a formation
the 1999 Atlantique incident took place because of lack of escort fighters
the whole point of CPEC is to give china direct access to the indian ocean
so the ships going to china don't have to pass through the indian controlled seas, strait of malacca, the disputed south china sea and Taiwan
the iranian proposed route is going in exact opposite direction passing...
PAF has some weird F-16 fetish
when the the whole world is going for 4.5 and 5th generation fighters PAF still is willing to spend billions buying sanction prone F-16
develop the JF-17 to that standard and start looking for the replacement for the F-16s we have
or else they will become...
the genetic disorders that are unique or more prevalent among the abkhazian jew is largely due to the fact that for around 800+ years the abkhazian jew hardly married outside their group. The groups is estimated to have started out with 300-400 individuals and today essentially all abkhazian...