I hope we learn a lesson and stop creaming over the thought of more F-16s. Our relationship with the US has always been transactional. Now they don't need us anymore, they're going to start screwing us over again.
It is an option for us certainly. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Any new deal would also likely take time to mature. I'm not sure about Z-10. It all depends on it it was considered unsuitable, or other competitors were considered superior products. If it has met requirements, then I see no reason why not.
THIS. We aren't always very mature in the way we do military aquisitions and certainly don't behave very ambitiously. We've seen this model work wonders with the JF-17, we should be trying it out wherever we can. When we started on the Super-7 project nobody expected export orders for it 30 years ago. Today here we are.
I agree. We didn't learn the hard lessons from Pressler. They've been forgotten or palms have been greased. It seems to be our self reliance drive was limited to when foreign markets were not open to us. Post 911 and the thaw in relations with the US, we've not bought any new big ticket items to market other than missiles. It's been ticking over, but compare it to the 90's when we started working on a Tank and a Fighter jet, assembly of submarines etc.
Perhaps not alone, but as mentioned earlier in my thread, we've been somewhat lax in our JV's and public/private partnerships.
This is how our relationship with them has been for a long time. Whilst they need Pakistan it's good, once that need is over it's bad.