I think like India Pakistan is very cautious. We all know the F16 debacle in the past. So probably more medium tech and easier self to maintain products are being ordered and delivered on thin moment. About those Choppers. IT is part of making pakistani army more mobile and to counter terrorism in Waziristan. Surely it has also the advantage to finally get some government control over that area just like the fact that if ever conventional war brakes out they can be used to protect the amry better in the past. But do notice that Pakistan is finished with adapting local missiles (bakhtar Shikan) to these choppers. Furthermore it can be noticed that low and medium tech UAV’s are going well. Looking at the future it can be said that evolution is going well.
>>>Though it will publicly not admit it, the IAF is not keen on having two squadrons with different engines, particularly American ones. With the armed forces having already faced trouble when the United States imposed an embargo after the 1998 nuclear tests, the IAF is not in favour of having a critical component of American origin.
I fully respect IAF wishes about boycottable products. So it does affect US products that now are allowed to be sold but dangerous to buy.
Monday October 11, 2004 (1508 PST)
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ISLAMABAD, October 12 (Online): Six Pakistan Air Force F-16s left Turkey for their home base in Pakistan after completing their first multi-national air exercise for nearly 30 years.
Their journey home will include seven and a half hours of flying. Exercise Anatolian Eagle was held at Konya Air Base, 150 miles (230 KM) south of Ankara, and saw 80 aircraft from Turkey, the USAF, Italy, Germany, NATO and Pakistan participate in one of the biggest exercises held outside the USA.
It provided the PAF with a great chance to see how well they could operate with other Air Forces. According to Wg Cdr Jawad, the Detachment Commander, it was a great success. “Despite our 30 year absence from such exercises, we found that we were not out of place here. We knew our strengths and weaknesses before we arrived and we will go away happy with our performances”. Two PAF pilots also had the opportunity to lead 40 aircraft mission packages in the second week of the exercise. “Fellow pilots and technicians found the PAF thoroughly professional outfit. They made a lot of friends here in the way they went about their business”, as reported by a British journalist covering the meet.
Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat, flew in to Konya Air Base on 4th October and was given a tour of the base and its facilities. He stated, “This exercise has provided us with the chance to fly with other Air Forces and to see if there is anything we can do differently, and allows them to see how we do things. It will instill confidence in to the men and show that despite being unable to participate in such exercise for so long, that we can still operate alongside the best”. Over 80 PAF personnel were involved in the exercise, which ended on 8th October, 2004 and may well be the first of many air exercises that the PAF are invited to attend.
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Yeah, and also clandestine nuclear exports, puppet governments, dictatorships, religious fundamentalism on your side.. get the point? Don’t go dragging India into everything.. I understand your inferiority complex, but this is taking it too far,okay?
I don’t think that democracy is exact the example of the world either… Some nations have democracy and get not very high IW presidents thanks to fraus during elections (US). Some nations re-elect even the leader after they invade another nation without UN backup (Aussies). Even if there is no justified answer few years later. In the US it is normal not to speak against the president if he acts like dictator running to war… So. We should indeed leave all realities aside and concentrate on the dreamworld. 😉
😮 okay…. so no 150 billion $$$’s worth owlet dragons…… 🙁
😮 instead… 200-250 billion $$$’s worth chongdu J-10s(~25mil USD dragons..) 😀 😮
It reminds me the posting of Nirav… 1000 Fc1? Sofar a simple logic helps more to find out the steps.
Heech: Calculation errors not even included (thanks for pointing at that).
I misunderstood the posting. Ok. Agree with your logical post. Thanks for taking time.
So Sahin… India can do the job with two hands down while Turkey would not be able to? Sure. Patriotic is good. But shopw some logiv will ya. Turkey assembled F16’s. They have produced some minor parts. But since when is upgrading only done by the designers? Let me remind you that Singapore had a Falcon cockpit program. I doubt they assembled or produced the F16… And about India able to do it. Well. India did assemble a lot in the past. Had some maintenance problem with the most important plane (mig21). Is developing LCA and is joining LCA. But the correlation is a bit funny. India capable of upgrading and Turkey not… Show me then the major upgrade programs of fighterjets (3 gen) without foreign assistance (parts or intel)… Otherwise… Show me some facts. Even mig21 bison, mig29 fulcrum or jaguar data is fine…
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I thought it was most commercial plane in China… Cost factors end marketing? Wow… I think they had enough marketing and concentrate on results.
I don’t think one can add Russia to Asia. And it needs a long road before it becomes worldpower again. About China and India. Probably. But that is cause the world market potentials (half of the world population). Whether it will be India? I think not without Pakistan. For the rest in Asia there is no nation that can match India. It is big and powerful so it is accepted. But as long as the problems between India and Pakistan continue there will be expense. Looking at latest developments now Pakistan seem to understand that economy is important. Which is a good development. Just do visit hindustantimes.com and see peace options between both are an option for both.
It is correct that strong India is handy to counter China. I think that the Israeli deal showed it clearly. Besides that the Indian lobby In US is tronger then Chinese… Whether India will be able to stop China? I have my doubts. While China is moving ahead to become more powerful worldpower now India is going to be used by the US. I don’t think it will affect Chinese expansion in worldtrade… But I fullty agree with US-China_India connection. That is one of the reason why US has problems delivering high tech to Pakistan. Cause Pakistan_China relationship are strong eve in bad times. That same cannot be said from the US_Pakistan relationship. So one moment they deliver latest F16’s and the other moment they start boycotting everything.
Sofar both nations have not seen top tech delivered. 😉
Balanced Selling???
Is USA cooperating with Pakistan in Nuclear Tech?
Is USA cooperating with Pakistan in Space?Now where does PakFa comes here? Neither PAKFA is a space plane Nor
A missile…….
(Russian tech is already that advanced the kind of tech US is offering to India)Now this NSSP is not a new thing.I remember when India had pos troops along border (oper Parakram),USA was asking to withdraw troops in return for
cooperation in Nuke ,Space,Defence…And NSSP is implementation of the same..Regarding Pakistan,USA is merely dangling F-16 carrots in front of Palkistan
while it pushes Pak to bomb more of its NWFP people…Ask for urself till now which promise made by US to Pak has transformed into
reality?Regds
Infinity
Well, i hope your next post is less flamy. Promises are allways with risks. India and Pakistan have met ups and downs… Don’t want to go in details about what was exported but it aint intresting either. Cause all you want is clear. Ask yourself. Is it worth to shout hard at Pakistan in every thread?
I don’t think they will get them at once. And one cannot build them at once. And the cost of the chinese version are lower the the export versions. So financially and logistically you are not correct. Whether they will get 1000? I think that is a lot. The “promise was” same quantities as PAF (150). But looking back at K8… The Chinese did order more… Besides that the FC1 is plug and play. The chinese will evolve it and we will see how far it will get. I think they are ending the mig21 cycle so a new cheap and simple plane would be handy. I don’t think that is same as J10 which is more expensive then Fc1…
Sofar I know there will be two production lines. One in China and one in Pakistan. The reason is probably to get Pakistan asap a medium tech plane and TOT. In the case of K8 it was not the urge cause the need was less important. And with getting a lot foreign orders the PAF got less room for more planes. My question is… If PAF lines is booked… Will the Chinese line be used for export? So China can buy so now and then (till 150 planes) a few? I doubt they will open more lines.
So if not 1000 Fc1 then 1000 J10? :diablo:
Probably a ballanced selling to both Pakistan and India… I doubt they would move 100% towards India… Just a carrot. Besides that India knows how nice the treatment can be wen not listening and following the orders fromn USA. The LCA suffered some setback. I doubt they will risk a lot at once. India is with SU… (PAKFA). Would the US risk the leaks to SU?