BELIEVE ME F-16 WILL NEVER MAKE THEIR WAY TO PAKISTAN
I THINK J-10B(IF IT EXISTS) CAN BE VERY NICE REPLACEMENT IN PLACE OF
NEW F-16s FROM US
BUT STILL I WOULD SAY THAT J-10B CAN'T MATCH F-16 BLOCL60
IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING LIKE
AIR-AIR COMBAT
AIR-GROUND ATTACK
NAVAL ATTACK
AND ALSO IN TERMS OF RADARS ,ENGINES AND PAYLOADS
F-16s ARE FAR MORE SUPERIOR TO J-10
Hi,
Suppose--you have an oppurtunity to get into INDY 500------so what would you want to get into it---a system that has been proven for over 30 plus years and has been upgraded and refurbished many atimes to meet the gruel nature of the sport---or a system that is just in its infancy and a power plant that is years away from perfection.
When you induct a system into your armed forces---you consider the threat being posed from your adversary---how VOLATILE the reaction maybe be---and what does the adversary have---
If you look at all that----then truly---all this JF 17 and Fc 20 procurement is leading towards a failure----indeed JF 17 would lead us to be free of any pressure----but the game the we are in---and the treachery that we are dealing with----is like sitting on a keg of powder, that can explode any moment. Our problems are a NOW category problems. We ought to have something now, to get ready to face our tomorrow.
This procurement is based upon the idea that indian army will not attack pakistan and we have all the free time to do whatsoever----that analysis by the pak air force has been flawed---basically---india doesnot have to attack pakistan to achieve its goals---it only has to make threatening troop movements to contain us and keep us bogged down and mired in mud economically and financially.
A strong air force that could compete 80---90 % with iaf---would have been the answer---that is where our failure of understanding the issue has occured.
Our airforce will be somewhat---maybe--- compatible with iaf in around ten years time period---within that ten years time period---we can be suckered into many a devious plots by our enemy---as long as the paf is weak in numbers of bvr compatible and air superiority air craft---pak economy is in doom---pak will have instability in and around its borders---there may be internal instability as well.
Bottomline is---that PAF is more than a flying force for pakistan---it is a maker or breaker of political stability in the sub-continent---its inability to counter iaf and contain the level of threat has created dire consequences for pakistan and pakistan's stability---iaf has gotten to such higher confidence level that they have placed 30 plus air dominance fighters within 20 miles of pakistan's border---put them smack in the face of pakistan---in a I dare you any time any place---looking at the abilities of those aircraft---there was absolutely no need to place them so close to the border---they could have stayed 500 miles away and portrayed the same level of threat---but this right in your face kind of movement is the ultimate 'DARE YOU' that iaf has put forward---. As I have stated many a times---it is not the proficiency or the dedication of our pilots that I doubt ---it is their lack of ability to understand the threat. The paf analysts have not considered their failures to procure what was needed 10 to 15 years ago---.
Rome was not built in a day---and neither will be the paf---but their dependent on inherently unproven systems will bring the doomsday scenario for pakistan. I know very well that our brave pilots will lay down their lives and go down fighting---but in the end---it would result in a futile effort---.
. The funny part is that the IAF has to tell us that we fear them 
