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It used to be directed more towards the overheads but that is changing. PLA has been reducing its manpower while gearing towards a more agile and mobile force. Nowadays, more funds are directed towards true R & D and reverse engineering than even buying newer equipment from abroad. That will...

Tryint to match Pakistan and China? How does that make sense? They were making an AC which turned out to be inferior to the one coming out of joint Sino-Pak effort so they decided to manufacture it more on par with the Jf-17 and thats why its still 'work in progress'. Its more about...

Yes, adequate artillery strength used with careful planning and skillful strategy can go a long way in uprooting and destorying the save havens of militants anywhere in our country.

It is NOT necessary to launch a missile like the Babar cruise missile from a Vertical Launch tube as it can also be fired from an Inclined Launch tube. So there's no question about not acquiring the F-22Ps but I would've preferred the Lafayettes.

This is neither a F-16 procurement thread nor a political one. Everyone, let's get back to the topic at hand. Thnx

It does seem like the AGM-154A-1 procured from the US as the range and features are quite similar. Its media at its best once again; turning and twisting the news in whatever way they like best.

We are weak in our artillery strength as we have inadequate pieces. These 115 pieces that we are buying will replace the ageing ones currently in service. So basically, it doesn't 'add' anything to our artillery strength as far as numbers are concerned. We should buy more to pack the...

My 'hunch' would be, that it was just a routine exercise. Nothing 'historic' or 'strategic' about it. It was just testing of collaboration between the two airforces, maybe conducting of some anti-terror drills of bombing raids on to mountainuous hideouts of supposed...

Jana: Payment had been made to the US? Please provide proof of this claim as to my knowledge, there has been NO payment on the forth-coming F-16 deal. Musharraf was not scared or anything but if he has to remain in power and enjoy public support; he had to defer the F-16 deal. The Indian and/or...

I do not know either what is so secretive about this exercise, but then again, you know Pakistan likes it that way. Keep people guessing. Speculative reports not out by now? Well, since they're speculative, we can speculate too. Let's get to it! Cheers.

I took my time to reply to your post since I was busy checking with my sources about your claims and they confirmed my first instincts - rubbish! Once again you are caught off-guard by claiming things which you cannot backup with facts. The F-16 Block60s that the UAE bought DO NOT have TVC...

The US is not desperate to release information regarding all exercises. If Pakistan requested the information to be kept confidential, the US would oblige.

Its not a JDAM, its a JSOW. JDAM is Joint Direct Attack Munition and is very different from Joint Standoff Weapons System. The main one being, JSOW (the one that the news piece claims Pakistan has developed) acts more like a cluster bomb combined with a cruise missile type capability. The JSOW...

With so many conspiracy theories hovering around with regards to who is arming the Baloch private armies; I'd say we cannot be certain about their source. But certain facts do point to a foreign hand; one of them being that each militant gets paid around Rs. 5000-6000 a month which is quite...

Musharraf is 'trying'. He has a mountain of a task to do all by himself. Ofcourse you cannot ignore India's military buildup and its hegemonic designs which have implications for our security. But, you cannot just become obsessed with these security implications and forget about...

Which brings us all back to the point of this triangle consisting of China, India and Pakistan. Pakistan cannot match India in terms of the budgetary allocations to defense and India cannot match China. Pakistan's defense budget is around $4b at most which might go up to $5b the...

I'm sure that the prospect of a $10b deal overshadowed any such policy. Though I'll see what I can dig up.

This is just sheer ignorance. Politicians should know when NOT to open their mouths. He doesn't know anything about Jf-17s role in the future structure of PAF and he talks about it being the 'fronline aircraft'. I'm sure the Indian generals watching the news piece would have had...

I'm not even forcing you to buy it. I'm just telling you what is the case in reality. You seriously think the Pakistani establishment took money out of PAF's pouch for reconstruction in AJK. Not really, NO. If money had been taken out of PAF's pouch, just six months on, PAF...

Yes they were trying to match the Jf-17 but now have issues with the Kaveri engine, the contact of which has been handed to a French firm finally to resolve the issue as soon as possible.