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But one feels that the decades are passing much more rapidly than normal. Einstein may be interested and we Indians must be vary...

I am optimistic that in the next 10+ years India will be in a much superior position and will surprise many. We too have some money to spare and are investing in increasing our brain-pool. I do not really wish to write further in this thread. So my final questions based on your above comment...

Hi nabil_05, No need to get angry. I asked an honest question. And i am not condescending towards China in any way. I have mentioned that China is at least a decade ahead of India and in saying this i assume that from now on India spends similar resources that China started spending at least a...

Hi, I think that i should not really be bumping this thread, but i wanted to ask some questions. Members may please point me to relevant posts where they have been answered. We have seen the J-20 being recently revealed for limited public consumption. As we all know, 5th gen fighters are...

Not sure if i should be posting here and hijacking what is a very Pakistan-centric topic, but my thoughts none the less. US will not attack Pakistan given the current situation which i am assuming will be quite the same in the coming few years. US and its allies (NATO and non-NATO) cannot...

MastanKhan, Aamir Hussain and Irfan Baloch sirs --- fantastic discussions. I know very little of the material being discussed and came to know a lot. Even if a lot of it is not on record and some of it may be speculative (no insult intended) yet the stuff seems pretty believable. And...

Congratulations to PA. Is the commendable performance due to skills being honed in the WOT? How relevant is this exercise to actual conventional battle scenarios?

Is there any specific reason why Pakistan has to rely on nuclear power for meeting some of the deficit? India needs nuclear power because electricity needs are galloping and future projections project the same. Hence there will be a lot of environmental pressure for lesser greenhouse gas...

Turkey: the country of contrasts by Karabekir Akkoyunlu Most analyses of Turkey attempt to explain a complex socio-political transformation using caricaturised dichotomies. But the reality is different. On September 12, 58 per cent of the electorate that went to the polls in Turkey voted in...

Since when did defence related equipment help in 'defending world security' ?

One needs to look at Pakistan in the South-Asian context. The whole region has underachieved. Folks - tell me this - which country in this region is doing well except for maybe India? And since when has India been doing well or more appropriately 'relatively well'? A decade or so - yes...

@santro Good post. You seem to be almost speaking about India !

Support to radicalized groups in times of crisis is symptomatic of a larger malaise that affects the current state of affairs in Pakistan. It is even more depressing when someone writes "Pakistanis could be forgiven for thinking they are jinxed while their country endures one tragedy after...

Hi, I posted this article because 'The Hindu' is a very respectable paper in India. During Qureshi's recent outburst against Indian bureaucrats, this paper had asked Indian politicians to understand Pakistan's POV. But i understand that some opinions will not go down well. Same will be the case...

General Kayani's quiet coup By Praveen Swami Pakistan's army hopes its chief will be able to craft a way out of the many crises the country is confronted with. Late in April, Ashfaq Pervez Kayani stood before a solemn audience that had gathered to mark Martyrs Day. “There is no...

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But seller's credit is not unlimited. As Pakistan's economy recovers the seller's credit will be less required. But this might be 3 - 4 years away. As of now PAF seems to be concentrating on improving JF-17 block II 's specs and getting the very respectable F-16 blk52 in perhaps less than...

This is good news. Even with minimal open verbal commitments India and Pakistan are not totally seeing eyeball to eyeball on such vexing issues. Back-door negotiations seem to be working - slowly but surely. Hopefully if such actions target India specific individuals peace will have a chance...

The Hindu : News / National : IAF to upgrade SU-30 fighter aircraft Modernising its fighter jet fleet, the Indian Air Force is going to upgrade its SU-30 MKI combat aircraft with the help of Russia. “As part of IAF’s modernisation programme, we are going to upgrade 50 Sukhoi—30 MKI...

China, Pakistan and the NSG By Siddharth Varadarajan Rather than objecting to what it can't prevent, India should back a nuclear deal for Pakistan structured around a package of non-proliferation commitments. How would Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary have reacted to the news that a...