Stephen Cohen
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SIR A few points to counter your statement
1 )1980 - 82 That was the era of COLD war ; France was USA's ally as was Pakistan
IF USA wanted to DENY INDIA Mirage 2000 ; they could have done so
AS the USA has recently done in the case of MISTRAL ships to Russia
2 ) PAF did not just buy F 16 OFF the shelf ; they were a part of an AID package in 1980-82
because of the Afghan Conflict ; infact the aid package was around 4 BILLION USD
3) France did not offer any aid to India for Mirage 2000
4) It is very unlikely that USA would have given AID to Pakistan to buy French aircraft
5) India immediately went for Mirage 2000 purchase ie As soon as Pakistan signed the contract
for F 16 ; India signed the contract for Mirage 2000
AND EVEN before USA could supply all F 16s to Pakistan ; India had received its Mirages
6 ) Later on India ALSO bought Mig 23 / Mig 25 / Mig 27 / Jaguar / and above all Mig 29
to take on PAF
All these were in our IAF till 1990
India was aware that after Afghan conflict Pakistan would turn on Kashmir
SO we were well prepared for it
By 1990 when Benazir Bhutto was threatening a 1000 year war for Kashmir
IAF was much better than PAF
SIR A few points to counter your statement
1 )1980 - 82 That was the era of COLD war ; France was USA's ally as was Pakistan
IF USA wanted to DENY INDIA Mirage 2000 ; they could have done so
AS the USA has recently done in the case of MISTRAL ships to Russia
2 ) PAF did not just buy F 16 OFF the shelf ; they were a part of an AID package in 1980-82
because of the Afghan Conflict ; infact the aid package was around 4 BILLION USD
3) France did not offer any aid to India for Mirage 2000
4) It is very unlikely that USA would have given AID to Pakistan to buy French aircraft
5) India immediately went for Mirage 2000 purchase ie As soon as Pakistan signed the contract
for F 16 ; India signed the contract for Mirage 2000
AND EVEN before USA could supply all F 16s to Pakistan ; India had received its Mirages
6 ) Later on India ALSO bought Mig 23 / Mig 25 / Mig 27 / Jaguar / and above all Mig 29
to take on PAF
All these were in our IAF till 1990
India was aware that after Afghan conflict Pakistan would turn on Kashmir
SO we were well prepared for it
By 1990 when Benazir Bhutto was threatening a 1000 year war for Kashmir
IAF was much better than PAF