Pakistan has been constantly under threat from India since its birth. Recently the India Army Chief has threatened surgical strikes and at the same time US is also threatening Pakistan via Afghanistan. Because of our hostile neighbors Pakistan has to invest big amount in defense and still feels insecure due to the immense size and resources of our enemies .
We need to be very practical regarding our defense needs in the light of our economic situation. We are trying to compete with India which is already a super power and have full support of countries including USA , Russia, Israel, Japan, UK and also EU powers like France . Most of the developed World likes India because of its big economic opportunities , but at the same time , Western world as well as Israel has always supported India because of its anti Pakistan and anti Muslim stance . Even during the Cold War , when India was suppose to be in Soviet bloc , USA and the West covertly supported India against Pakistan , although Pakistan was suppose to be an important ally of the West against Soviet Union ! Pakistan has always been snubbed by the major big powers mainly due to inefficiency of our leader ship and also being a Muslim country .
We do need to salute the scientists of Pakistan as well as Military leadership which have backed them and even though the country had meager resources and also had to face tough resistance from hostile international powers, still we were able to develop a very potent defense system including nuclear bombs and sophisticated missile systems ! Also special words need to be taken for some friendly countries including China for giving us support in developing these defense systems. Had we not done this then I am sure that India would have eaten Pakistan up by now and destroyed us , some thing which they have been yearning to do since the birth of Pakistan.
Today India is one of the 4 big military and economic super powers . It has acquired defense equipment which can be matched by only few countries in the world and working on sophisticated systems like Anti Ballistic Missile Defense, Stealth fighters, nuclear submarines and even developing space warfare technology . If we have to defend ourselves we need to keep countering Indian military might !
We are , however a medium size and medium economy country . We have also been unfortunate to be led by some of the most corrupt political leaders in the world , who have criminally siphoned billions of dollars of the motherland and left Pakistan at the verge of bankruptcy and loaded with debt. In this scenario when we are not even sure how to pay the interest on the enormous loans taken by the corrupt mafia it is foolish to think about acquiring sophisticated systems like ABMs , new missiles, fighter jets and other equipment on our own , to counter India . No matter what we buy , Indians will be given multi times better equipment by its supporters and this will just go on and on draining our already meager resources .
Under current circumstances Pakistan need to have a Mutual Defense pact with China mainly aiming to counter our threat from India . Now Pakistan is lucky that due to CPEC , China is more involved in the security and well being of Pakistan more then before . It is upto our leadership to take full advantage of this strategic situation. Lets involve China more in defense of Pakistan . Give China bases for Chinese Army , Navy and Air Force within Pakistan and ask them to shift some of its defense equipment in Pakistan including Air craft, strategic missiles and submarines , manned by Chinese , and let these bases be completely under Chinese control. In other words have some of our defense needs subcontracted to China . I am sure Chinese will find it to their own advantage to have bases in Pakistan and shift some of its strategic assets here , encircling India from Western land and sea routes .
It is not some thing unusual between close cooperating countries to have mutual defense pacts . Indians did the same with Soviet Union in 1960s and 70s and Soviets send their equipment and manpower in India which helped them during 1971 war. Now its time for China and Pakistan to enter in similar kind of defense pact which can secure both the countries interest as both have common enemies specially India .
Pakistan can save lot of money by involving Chinese in our defense and at the same time can also continue to be part of research and development with the Chinese and keep their scientists up to date of technological development through joint development and production of equipment like fighter jets , missiles , radars, electronic countermeasure systems and space technology.
The money saved can be used in strengthening the economy and bring the economy to a level where it can grow to a size with which we can be self sufficient in defense and also have better living standards of the people .
It requires an honest , sensible , sincere and strong minded leadership to negotiate with big powers . India has used Soviets to their advantage during the Cold War and now using USA against Pakistan . We had China as our only friendly super power but our leadership never took real advantage of this friendship.
Now its time to use the friendship of China to the fullest specially in our defense needs and make both countries benefit from it .
