muse
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Why more F16's ? Soon the F35 will replace F16 in the inventories of Western Air Forces and these will need a home -- better to develop industrial expertise that allows us to do to the kinds of refurbishment we may wish to do on these aircraft should we purchase them.
A continuing problem with any US aircraft will be gauranteed supply, spares and the economics of operating US equipment - I'm all for good relations with US -- but the greater the involvement of the US in the kind of force the PAF becomes, the less our autonomy of action with regard to what we think we want/need and how and when/where to use these assets.
I would like to remind readers of US/Pak relations - they have never had a solid basis, and they don't have one now - it's very sad and distressing to see this blind rush to include the US in Pakistani power, it's a terrible, terrible mistake.
Some have argued that it makes sense given an India that is going huff and puff our house down - now I'm not suggesting that the Indian don't have that capablity or that some sections of opinion are not desperately seeking just that -- but between the US and India which is a greater net negative for Pakistan in the near and medium future? I would argue without a doubt, it's the US - The Indian may want to make mischief but he knows that everything built in the last 25 years and the future will disappear overnight if they engage in hostilities - The US on the other hand will continue to be a threat to all, it will not allow peace in Afghanistan and will ensure that peace between Pakistan and India will never become a reality, it's simply not in it's interest.
Lets reconsider this rush to redevelop relations that have no solid basis, are at best transitory, are designed to keep Pakistan in perpetual state of threat from India, and threaten to create distance between our true friends and allies. It's a dog.
A continuing problem with any US aircraft will be gauranteed supply, spares and the economics of operating US equipment - I'm all for good relations with US -- but the greater the involvement of the US in the kind of force the PAF becomes, the less our autonomy of action with regard to what we think we want/need and how and when/where to use these assets.
I would like to remind readers of US/Pak relations - they have never had a solid basis, and they don't have one now - it's very sad and distressing to see this blind rush to include the US in Pakistani power, it's a terrible, terrible mistake.
Some have argued that it makes sense given an India that is going huff and puff our house down - now I'm not suggesting that the Indian don't have that capablity or that some sections of opinion are not desperately seeking just that -- but between the US and India which is a greater net negative for Pakistan in the near and medium future? I would argue without a doubt, it's the US - The Indian may want to make mischief but he knows that everything built in the last 25 years and the future will disappear overnight if they engage in hostilities - The US on the other hand will continue to be a threat to all, it will not allow peace in Afghanistan and will ensure that peace between Pakistan and India will never become a reality, it's simply not in it's interest.
Lets reconsider this rush to redevelop relations that have no solid basis, are at best transitory, are designed to keep Pakistan in perpetual state of threat from India, and threaten to create distance between our true friends and allies. It's a dog.
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