Indian objections over US arms sale rejected

ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan on Saturday rejected Indian objections to a proposed 1.3 billion dollar US arms sale to Islamabad, saying its “modest” defence requirements should not irk New Delhi.

“Indian comments were unwarranted,” a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.

An Indian foreign ministry spokesman on Friday said New Delhi had conveyed its concern to Washington over US plans to sell a range of sophisticated weapons to Pakistan.

“It is incomprehensible that India, which has a massive weaponization and weapon acquisition programme, should object to Pakistan’s modest defence requirements,” the Pakistani spokesman said.

“Pakistan is ready to engage India purposefully on question of strategic and conventional restraint.

“We have made proposals for establishing a stability and strategic restraint regime in South Asia,” he said.

Washington has notified Congress of a possible 1.3 billion dollar arms package for Pakistan, including eight P-3C Orion planes to beef up surveillance of its coasts and borders to stop the movement of terrorists and drug smugglers, US defence officials said Thursday.

It would be the largest US foreign military sale to Pakistan since sanctions against Islamabad were lifted in late 2001 as a reward for supporting US forces fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Besides the Orion surveillance planes, Pakistan also has requested 2,000 TOW-2A anti-armour guided missiles and six Phalanx Close-in Weapons Systems for its warships.

The Pentagon can conclude negotiations with Pakistan on the proposed sale unless Congress acts to stop it within 30 days.-AFP

Like India is trying to get own engines (Kaveri is an example) China is doing its part not much different. Both will have some foreign input but IMHO I think that several different engines in the past and developments in the present show that China is moving very fast to the front. They got Su27. They are building it much better then the original. They got several engines (RD33/AL-31) and they improving it for their new planes. I don’t think any other nation had achieved this in such short period. Looking at planes (FT2000/L15/K8) and fighterjets (Su27/J10/Fc1/FBC1) they are running on more then just one project. Looking at the cost of newer western planes (block60F16/Ef2000/Rafale/F35/F22 etc) and the political restrictions they will get a bigger market share. Even if the US graveyards are filled with cheap F16’s.

Intresting model. Anyway, I find it strange that they still do not make the cockpit like F22/F16…

The nose of the FC-1 is as big as that of J-10 if not bigger correct me if I am wrong.

BTW any news on the twin seater FC-1?

The AFM of this moments:
The Fc1 radar will be downgraded (size)
Twin seater is definitive. Ft2000 or L15 ar not selected by PAF. The first will be produced if serial production starts. Since that is around 2006.

Is the trainer landing with tailhook down?

FYI:
Since geostationary satellites remain over the same point on the Earth, their orbits must have a period equal to the Earth’s rotation on its axis = 23h56m. They also must go around the equator (or else they would appear to move North and South throughout the day), and go in a circular orbit (or else they would appear to move East and West throughout the day).

Now from these constraints, we can calculate the one specific height above the Earth where a geostationary satellite has to go. If we put it too high, the satellite would move too slow. If we put it too low, it moves too fast.

This distance from the center of the Earth is given by:

R = (G x M x period2/(4 x pi2) )(1/3)

If you subtract the radius of the Earth from this answer, you get the height above the Earth for a geostationary satellite:

We calculate 35,000 km

Since GPS is geostationary… They have to fly above Taiwan to destroy them. And since China is getting better and better with long range missiles the chance that those sats will be hit is getting smaller.