just to be on the right side of facts, there was no policing or forcing. the cheetah landed in a pakistani controlled area due to bad weather. once there they were discovered by pakistani camp personnel nearby. more like a stroke of good luck than adept policing let alone forcing (with what one might ask).

DG Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major Gen. Athar Abbas words were “It was forced to land.”

Pakistan agreed with the Indian version that the violation Was caused due to volatile weather and thats why they let them go but that doesnt change the fact that “It was forced to land.”

Here is what Indian News Papers had reported

Indian Army copter forced to land in Pakistan, released

ANITA JOSHUA

Pakistan allowed an Indian helicopter with four Army personnel on board to return home on Sunday evening; about five hours after it was forced to land in Skardu for violating the Pakistani airspace.

The chopper, which intruded into Pakistan’s airspace near Olding in northern Skardu near Kargil on the Indian side, was forced to land around 1 p.m. local time.

Chopper row resolved: Pak returns Indian Army helicopter, crew

Pakistan forces Indian helicopter to land

“Our air defense aircraft immediately scrambled into the air and reached the area and forced the helicopter to land,” a Pakistan air force official said.

In what capacity would the PAF provide “critical input” into the development of the SD-10A/B, above and beyond that which the Chinese already know? What other previous experience has the PAF had with a BVR weapon to base this “critical input” on? They have enough trouble policing their own airspace, let alone telling others what to do in the development of a BVR missile.

well PAF has done well policing and forcing the the Indian helicopter :p

On other hand you are right that Pakistan has no experience in developing BVRAAMs,

With the AIM-120 C5 AMRAAM PAF certainly doing good to defend its airspace and with third JF-17 squadrons in play PAF is increasing the number of launch platforms available for BVRs at good pace.

Considering

Indian General Accounting Office report, the R-77 missile in the test and testing process revealed a series of defects. During the test, some missiles at the target or not, or is it on the ground testing phase has been identified as unsuitable for use – even though its expiration from the store there for a long time. The present situation has been confirmed by Indian Air Force.

The CAG report, which will be released soon, is based on evaluations of the missile — its range is close to 90 km — during ground tests, inspections and test firing by the IAF. The missiles were bought at a “cost of Rs 2 crore each” but their failure during tests, says the CAG report, has affected the “operational preparedness” of the IAF.

“All figures in the report are based on air force records. Everything is verified by the IAF,” an official said.

I Know India have numbers advantage but i wouldn’t be sure to call They have enough trouble policing their own airspace.

and please don’t use the US attack as example as US has the technology to to that to any country in the world and we are talking about the Pakistani government who keeps changing its stance every day for example in on the drone issue

PM Gilani said, “Such attacks are intolerable, and we protest against it” in November 2010. He also said rejected the claims by the Pakistani media that there exists an agreement between Pakistan and US about these drone attacks.

In one of the cables released by the WikiLeaks, Mr. PM Gilani was quoted saying that he doesn’t care about these attacks by the US unmanned aerial vehicles as long as the right people are killed.

Unfortunately, its just the dirty politics which means that all the MPs will make statements against US in public but wouldn’t do that in front of the US

But that’s the discussion for another thread so….

2nd Fast Attack Craft (FAC) Launched in Karachi

Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) has launched Fast Attack Craft (FAC) for Pakistan Navy with the transfer of technology from the Chinese company ‘China Shipbuilding and Offshore Company (CSOC) (Pvt) Limited.

Read more: Fast Attack Craft (FAC) Launched in Karachi ~ Pakistan Military Review

Indian Helicopter Forced To Land In Pakistan

Indian Cheetah helicopter violated the Pakistani airspace at around 1:00 pm PST (Pakistan standard time) and strayed 20 kilometers inside the Pakistani territory.

Pakistan says Indian helicopter forced to land for violating airspace, crew held

The official said India hoped the issue could be settled amicably with the return of the helicopter and crew.

Pakistan Detains Indian Helicopter

An Indian official said the helicopter was going to the aid of another helicopter that had suffered technical problems and landed on the Indian side of the de facto border.

Hopefully matter will resolve peacefully soon

INDIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER VIOLATED PAKISTANI AIRSPACE

Pakistani media has reported that that Indian military helicopter was forced to land at the Ghurmang after it violated Pakistani airspace near the Line of Control in Kargil sector in Gilgit-Baltistan.

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Btw when are the HELINA tests supposed to happen ? Has the alternate mm wave radar seeker for aircraft launch HELINA entered testing phase ?

Will ALH be equipped with HELINA?