PAF likely to receive AWACS and capable of shoting sown drones: Air Chief

[Lockheed F-16]

RISALPUR: Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman Thursday said that air force destroyed several hideouts and caches of ammunitions of militants and paved the way for the military to make advance in the troubled areas of Swat.

He said that air force is completely supporting the military in its ongoing efforts in the tribal areas and Swat, adding F-16, F-7 and Mirages are taking part in the Swat operation.

The Air Chief maintained that Pakistan armed forces are grappling with not only the greater external enemies but also the problems of extremism and terrorism within the country.

Later talking to journalists, he said targeting the drones and taking them down is not a problem and Pakistan Air Force is fully capable for the purpose; however, any decision in this regard rests with the parliament and the government.

However, the Air Chief added that the action could lead Pakistan to confrontation with Nato or US.

Air Chief Marshal Rao said that Pakistan shot down Indian UAV drone during the 2001-02 standoff with India.

He hoped that Pakistan is likely to receive AWACS planes in November or October, adding India was given the same aircrafts which could lead to fresh escalation and arms race in the region.

Rao Qamar Suleman said that the country has a lot of expectations from the Air Force, which it will try to fulfil at all cost without fail.

 

[MZUBAIR]

"He hoped that Pakistan is likely to receive AWACS planes in November or October, adding India was given the same aircrafts "

Thats a good news

 

[Machoman]

Do not except anything from Western, we can just hope and hope nothing delivered.

 

[ajpirzada]

hope we get our money back if nothing gets delivered. that will also be a great achievement

 

[TOPGUN]

Do not except anything from Western, we can just hope and hope nothing delivered.

Brother these awacs are not comijng from the west but from china so no worries there and the saab are not american eather lets hope for the best

 

[fatman17]

RISALPUR: Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman Thursday said that air force destroyed several hideouts and caches of ammunitions of militants and paved the way for the military to make advance in the troubled areas of Swat.

He said that air force is completely supporting the military in its ongoing efforts in the tribal areas and Swat, adding F-16, F-7 and Mirages are taking part in the Swat operation.

The Air Chief maintained that Pakistan armed forces are grappling with not only the greater external enemies but also the problems of extremism and terrorism within the country.

Later talking to journalists, he said targeting the drones and taking them down is not a problem and Pakistan Air Force is fully capable for the purpose; however, any decision in this regard rests with the parliament and the government.

However, the Air Chief added that the action could lead Pakistan to confrontation with Nato or US.

Air Chief Marshal Rao said that Pakistan shot down Indian UAV drone during the 2001-02 standoff with India.

He hoped that Pakistan is likely to receive AWACS planes in November or October, adding India was given the same aircrafts which could lead to fresh escalation and arms race in the region.

Rao Qamar Suleman said that the country has a lot of expectations from the Air Force, which it will try to fulfil at all cost without fail.

PGMs are being used!

 

[brilTek]

Brother these awacs are not comijng from the west but from china so no worries there and the saab are not american eather lets hope for the best

Is Erieye system NOT an AWACS from saab which will be delievered by the end of this year?

Joint manufacturing with china really get started once we get our hands on Erieye (for chinese to examine as well)

 

[Enigma SIG]

Brother these awacs are not comijng from the west but from china so no worries there and the saab are not american eather lets hope for the best

Saab aint american; but americans sure can pressurize saab into screwing up the deal with us

 

[Machoman]

like I said untill we get it, we can all hope and we all know what will happen in the end anyways. We can depend only on China thats it.

 

[Patriot]

Saab won't sanction us unless we do something stupid like testing a nuclear bomb!

 

[Lockheed F-16]

Pakistan to get Air Warning system by October this year: PAF Chief
ISLAMABAD, May 28 (APP): Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman , Thursday said that Pakistan would get Air Warning And Control System (AWACS) by October this year. Talking to media after addressing a joint graduation ceremony of General Duty Pilot, officers of Administration and Engineering Branch at Rislapur Academy, Air Chief said that acquiring of spying satellite and AWACS by India has imbalanced the power in the region. “This has caused a dent to the balance of power in the region - leading to an arm race,” he said.

Answering a question, he said, in this modern world, it is difficult to hide some area from the eye of the adversary. However, he said steps are in hand to check this aspect effectively.

“We are acquiring modern gadgets along with the F-16 aircraft from the US to check and encounter this threat,” he said.

In reply to a question he said that India had already possessed 3500 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles while Pakistan is in the process of acquiring 500 such missiles to maintain the required level of deterrence.

Rao Qamar told a questioner that the aspect of drone can be effectively encountered but the policy decision on the subject is to be taken by the Parliament and the Government.

He recalled that in 2001-02 the time of stand off between India and Pakistan, the PAF had shot down an Indian drone which had intruded the Pakistan territory.

He said that PAF has been taking effective part in the Operation Rah-e-Rast which is meant to continue till the uprooting of terrorism from the area under operation besides restoration of the writ of the government.

He said “All possible efforts are being made to avoid collateral damage while using accurate and precise technology. No civil population area has been engaged by various fighter jets in the PAF inventory being used in the operation.”

He said “no dumb bomb is ever pounded during the operation while very precise technology is being used to target the hideouts, ammunition dumps and training compounds of the terrorists.”

In addition to that, he pointed out that PAF has also been providing close support to the ground troops operating in the area of Operation.

Quoting an example in this behalf, he said once the operation had to be delayed for over 24 hours to avoid damage to civilian population and it was carried out only after complete assurance by the ground forces that there will be no collateral damage.

In reply to another question, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar said that the PAF has the capability to absorb any modern technology to defend the territorial jurisdiction of the country.

 

[Sargodhian_Eagle]

Saab wil provide us erieye coz saab also offered us ToT of gripen if PAF order some gripens but ex-ACM told that PAC is not capable to sppourt advance tech of Saab so we vill not get ToT of Grippen

 

[AchtungSpitfire]

It's hilarious. I can understand the chest thumping by the avg pre-pubescent internet warriors on online forums but hearing people with real command and decision making portfolios doing the same is funny and slightly disconcerting.

Is everything in South Asia a d!ck measuring contest?

 

[Imran Khan]

Is everything in South Asia a d!ck measuring contest?

SOME TIME

 

[Enigma SIG]

Is everything in South Asia a d!ck measuring contest?

The pattern of this behaviour is not confined to south asia; it is noticeable all over the planet

Russia-America
India-Pakistan
Turkey-Greece
China-India...

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