typical attitude - shoot first think later. you hear it all the time in iraq and afganistan - ' friendly fire'
this is the first and lets hope the last pakistan soldier to be killed by the coalition.
even if russia doesn't allow pakistan to use the rd-93 on its JF- 17's there is also another engine that china is making and is now complete or nearing completion which is called the WS-13 which is being made for the JF-17. thats why neither pakistan or china is making a big fuss, the only...
first of all this source is hardly reliable we need to wait for a more credible source, until then nothings for sure.
even if russia doesn't allow pakistan to use the rd-93 on its JF- 17's there is also another engine that china is making and is now complete or nearing completion which is...
96 JHMCS, these F-16's are going to be excellent for PAF, so pakistan would use these to launch A2G munitions at the moment, and will be ready for the AIM-9X, but will pakistan be offered the AIM-9X?
so the archer is better in terms of TVC, but what about ECCM's of the 2 missiles (archer and AIM-9M 8/9) becuase they can also play a vital role.
in terms of HMS, pakistan has ordered initially 36 JHMCS for the F-16 C/D, this would suggest that the AIM-9M 8/9's can also be fired using a...
we already know pakistan has AIM-9P and AIM- 9L but this is where i'm getting confused, you're talking about pakistan in connection with the AIM- 9L being upgraded to 8/9 standard, i haven't heard about this before. maybe the AIM- 9L 8/9 isn't as good as the archer but what about the AIM-9M 8/9...
R77-AE is more comparable to AMRAAM A/B versions, R77 having a higher range (90 km), but less ECCM capabilities.
the AMRAAM- C5 has a range of 105km and even better ECCM capabilites and is better than the R77- AE in terms of range and capability.
AMRAAM versions
Raytheon AMRAAM
we have 70 cobra gunships and they are far from being obselete, they serve pakistans purpose well.
in addition to these pakistan is also looking for another attack helicopter, possibly the rooivalk.
boom boom fires once in a blue moon, flat wickets yes he smashs the ball to all parts sometimes but no chance on south african wickets, too much seam movement.
it will be good to see how pakistan get on without our record breaker and that too on seaming and bouncing wickets.
as for shoaib missing the 1st test we've got plenty of bowlers in the squad.
pakistan doesnt have a defensive missile system like barak.
instead it uses Phalanx CIWS (close in weapon system) advanced radar-controlled fast firing gun system which provides defence against close in air and surface threats.
http://www.raytheon.com/products/phalanx/