PAF's New Nuclear Base Bholari ?

[Windjammer]

Every operational PAF base has similar hardened facilities and bunkers. That is the norm, so does IAF airbases.

As far as nuclear weapons handling.......well if I was the strategic head of SPD, and given the proximity of the enemy, I will ensure that all operational airbases can launch nuclear strike packages. My 2c worth.

True that but more than this is the fact that PAF's F-16s have that capability is what's giving the Indians nightmares.

 

[Asimzranger]

Paf should equip f16 with Uranium rock playing with speaker blast

 

[PakShaheen79]

Now, this is what I call Zee TV Syndrom ... Making it sound like they have found something extraordinary. I have detailed quite an Indian bankers and bases all across the LoC including Siachen where it is not easy to find any small post on Google Maps or Google Earth. With time, it can be done.

Have you guys seen that Indian media report about air refueling during the Gagan Shakti 2018 exercise of IAF? Man watch that and you will understand why I call it Zee TV Syndrom ...

 

[Big Tank]

Lols you can easily look at the Air Base while traveling on the Motorway. I wonder what do Indians eat that results such utter dumbness into their heads.

 

[khanasifm]

just weapons storage simply

Col wanted as usual to create sensation by adding Nuclear

Nothing new anyone can use google to see what’s out there

What actually there who knows

 

[Safriz]

him again?

 

[Tipu7]

.well if I was the strategic head of SPD, and given the proximity of the enemy, I will ensure that all operational airbases can launch nuclear strike packages.

It will be too risky and impractical,

1: More disperse nuclear weapons are, more expensive and tough their security becomes.
2: Equipping every OAB with nuclear weapons will be logistics and maintenance night mare.
3: It will be more prone to accidents and internal breaches, thus reducing the credibility of Pakitan's commitments about security of Nuclear weapons.
4: It will make Nuclear C&C way more complex hence reducing its operational serviceability.
5: Though it will increase Pakistan options to exercise nuclear use, but alongside this will make Pakistan doctrinal posture look way more assertive, thus inviting more aggressive responses from India on strategic scale and World community on diplomatic and economic scale.

 

[Trango Towers]

Wonder why the retired Indian Colonel thinks that having Hardened Aircraft Shelters at an airbase is something extra ordinary, the IAF bases are sprawling with these set around in distinctive pasterns and tend to be open at both ends.

And that's why he retired a colonel

 

[Windjammer]

Just out of interest, the F-16 can carry a nuclear bomb under each wing .

 

[Tipu7]

Just out of interest, the F-16 can carry a nuclear bomb under each wing .

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Its B61 Bomb.
And yes, F16 can carry two of them.

 

[Windjammer]

Its B61 Bomb.
And yes, F16 can carry two of them.

Apparently American spy satellites picked up something on those lines on a couple of parked F-16s in Baluchistan back in the 90s during a stand off with India which the CIA called the smoking gun.

 

[SQ8]

F-16s are still qualified for gravity bombs but there are now enough ballistic and cruise delivery systems that the airborne role is focused on tactical situations only.

And this col is a paranoid attention seeker like the rest of his country.
If they even realized how well hidden and entrenched Pakistani nuclear weapons are and how quickly the deployment capacity exists: they’ll abandon their hopes of anything other than a first overwhelmingly strike being able to stop or deter our weapons.

 

[Tipu7]

F-16s are still qualified for gravity bombs but there are now enough ballistic and cruise delivery systems that the airborne role is focused on tactical situations only.

Have we given any 'specific' upgrade to N gravity Bombs? Or Raad will be only asset of Pakistan for delivering N payload from air?

Apparently American spy satellites picked up something on those lines on a couple of parked F-16s in Baluchistan back in the 90s during a stand off with India which the CIA called the smoking gun.

PAF was capable of 'Nuclear Toss bombing' back in mid 90s!

 

[SQ8]

Have we given any 'specific' upgrade to N gravity Bombs? Or Raad will be only asset of Pakistan for delivering N payload from air?


PAF was capable of 'Nuclear Toss bombing' back in mid 90s!

No upgrades as such. They are still active, and RAAD isn’t operational with other platforms.


Toss bombing nuclear weapons was practiced and refined in the mid-80s.
By 86 Pakistan could operationalize 5-10 warheads for use within a week.

 

[Windjammer]

Guys, let me assure you that R'had is not the only AIR delivery system available to PAF.