Sir that is indeed a good news but I am more concerned about the capability overhauling instead of fleet overhauling. What I mean is, Pakistan armed forces, particularly army, needs a strategic airlift capability to take full advantage of any opportunity that might offer itself to us during a war in far off and difficult to reach areas. Just imagine if we had strong airlift in 1984, the history of Siachen would have been written in a very different manner. Indian tactical and battlefield achievements in 1984, 1999 and 1948 in Kashmir were made possible due to the existence of a superior support arm in which logistics plays a key role. In kargil, PA had a clear vantage point on Leh-Srinagar road passing through Darass sector and movement of Indian supply vehicles were challenged for many days by PA but it was the airlift capability of IA which kept their troops in North supplied with arms, ammunition, food and other stuff required...
By developing Y-20 Chinese have realized this ... despite building roads to the very end no nation can deny the importance of tactical and strategic airlift. when a road is constructed, it becomes a fixed target. The enemy always knows where it is, how to destroy it but if the road is supplemented with airlift, it provides a redundant connectivity and supply means when and where is required. Indians have pumped a considerable amount of money in this area, whereas PA still relying on old C-130s. There must be other platforms to complements existing fleet along with some heavy lifting helicopters to keep the troops with supplies in Northern areas where daily or routine sorties are not possible due to weather conditions. Lack of this led to PA losing Jinnah Post in Siachen, Remember!
