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No! We do not have such capability.I have seen a documentary where the F22 brings down F15s with ease...
Is there any way that Pakistan could counteract the F22 in a hypothetical war against America...
This is a wishful thinking.(not that the Americans will ever dare fight against Pakistan or have such capability to be able to bring the F22s even close to Pakistan airspace... unless they fly them from India)
Answer lies in:
However, let us just hope that such a confrontation never happens.
Which are?I understand the American strength but I am also aware of their weaknesses...
And in response, USA would?They cannot bring their Aircraft Carriers close enough to Pakistan (correct me if I m wrong) because Pakistan could theoretically use a tactical nuke strike against such an attempt)...
US does not needs to station its Carrier Group near Pakistan, if hostilities escalate. USAF can use A-T-A refueling capability to launch air strikes in Pakistan.
They don't need India to launch air strikes in Pakistan due to obvious reasons provided above.This is why I stated that the only way they could bring their F22 in combat against Pakistan would be by flying them from India... They cannot do that from other countries surrounding Pakistan (maybe one of the Central Asian countries... dont think Russia would allow fifth generation warplanes on one of their former soviet states)...
No! Sukhoi does not compares to F22. Even Eurofighter Typhoon does not compares to F22.But the question remains... what could Pakistan do against a fifth generation warplane... If we continue such a hypothetical scenrio then we have no choice but to acquire such warplanes from China... I have heard from American military personnel that the top Sukhoi are good too? Will they compare anything with the F22?
Read more about it here.
When you plan to invade a country, you need a staging ground for such a purpose. This is where Kuwait came in to equation in case of invasion of Iraq.I m not well versed in military technology... thats why I m here to learn... But you should also think outside the box... It is nt a joke to bring American fleet to another countries shore and destroy it as you are proposing... Even to get into Iraq, America had to rely on the "good will" of countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt...
Once a staging ground was available, good will of other nations was irrelevant.
I don't buy this crippled economic thing. Despite of its so called crippled economy, America is affording two wars simultaneously. Once it gets its hands free from both, I don't think that it would be impossible for Americans to open another front, if necessary.Also one should consider that America is economically crippled and they may not consider war with a country like Pakistan a viable option at all... No matter what happens you cannot see a countries military might separate from the ground reality of its economic and political condition... when you consider those America is in deep hell these days on both fronts... There is a rising anti Americanism across the world... One does not need to comment on their economics at all...
Wars are always messy. We have never seen one in front of us, so we do not understand.Similarly despite having huge military might what I would want to draw your attention to is the fact that they dug quagmires for themselves in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan which dont even have standing armies...
Americans have won in Iraq actually. They:
1. Successfully captured Iraq in 21 days.
2. Destroyed regime of Saddam.
3. Crushed several rebellion movements.
4. Looted natural wealth.
5. Installed a favorable government.
6. Ended major operations and will soon have a safe-exit.
Do you expect anything else?
And Iraq had the 4th largest military force in the world during 1991. That 'standing army' was also defeated by the American war machine in 45 days.
Want to see Chinese perspective on this?
The Gulf War prompted a major re-think of Chinese military modernisation. Priorities may have to be adjusted again. This could happen. Chinese television programmes have been showing how bombs guided by lasers relying on geo-positioning systems (GPS) work.
From here.
As far as Afghanistan is concerned, it presents a different kind of challenge. Its extreme territory is its greatest asset. And Taliban have lots of safe-havens in PAK-AFGHAN border regions.
They can be but it won't do any good. Like it or not, USAF > PAF.Why cant Pakistani fighters fight against the US if need be? Can an F16 not fight against another F16? Just because the planes are American does nt mean they cant be used in a fight against America...
It does not means that we start taking chances. Such kind of will can back-fire.Safriz... Much obliged... where there is a will there is a way
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