I dont believe a middle eastern caliphate is possible. Arabs, Turks, Iranians are far too wealthy and proud of their own distinct histories and achievements to shun their own past and ethnic heritage.
However South Asian branch-offs like Bangladesh, Pakistan are both devoid of such legacies...
What was the reason given by the US government?
I know more about the Korean flight shot down by the Soviets - they claimed it was mistaken for a US spy plane.
Isnt it better if you money is lower in value- China purposely devalues its currency to export more - so Germany is at a disadvantage compared to India?
Im not from economics background - forgive my noobness.
People would be more impressed if the Chinese president acted more like the Iranian one. I have never seen the Chinese PM openly insult the US like Chavez and Ahmadenajad have done.
India will have half the world population soon. Already they are close to overtaking Chinas population. US is in not position to tell 1.7 billion Indian who what to do.
So? Some nations are even more resource rich, yet fail to capitalize. Not to mention Russia's defence industry is faring better than dying UK and Bengali defence industry. UK is done for, so is Bengladesh. Russia has a future.
India could have used him as a bargaining chip to blackmail and taunt the US , kind of how Iran used the RQ-170 drone. Foolish to let the opportunity pass. It would have improved India's relations with the muslim world.
A lot of second tier air forces meant primarily for self defence have twin engine aircraft. Japan for example.
But I guess PAF is relying more on nukes.