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Any .50 is going to be heavy. The M-82 weighs 31 LBS unloaded. The mechanical accuracy problems of the PK's G-3's probably has more to do with production methods, quality of ammunition, and materials than anything else. The USMC used modified m-14's for their sniper role for over 30 years. The...

I am not sure you understand the effect a nuclear war would have in the subcontinent? Why in the world would the US not want to avoid such an occurrence? Fallout, hundreds of millions of dead people, humanitarian disaster of enormous potential.... As for no. 5, the US knows Pakistan can't afford...

The US has proven numerous times in the past that it does have an interest in pliant leadership(Basically every operation the CIA undertook from 1950 -1985 or so), but I think they know quite well that BB would not stay in power in long, even if she was to be elected. BB was mostly a play to...

This has gone downhill fairly fast. Can we get back to the issue of IAF capability? Speaking of the phalcon, Which unit is getting tasked with operating the beasts? Who will be training them, the Israelis I presume? Does India have enough operators familiar with phased array radar to use and...

As far as I am aware, North Korea has not done anything productive or friendly with any of its neighbors in the last 50 years, and is at war with one of them. There are political prison camps as large as many medium sized cities in North Korea. The populace is barely able to feed itself because...

Eh, a new idea is an extremely rare thing, and usually it turns out to be useless. Developing nations cannot afford to pay people accumulate "useless" knowledge, so they use the ideas they know work. It is not worth the effort to accuse a nation of stealing it's knowledge, but it is worth it to...

Speaking of going bush. "All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone." --George W. Bush, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007 "My hearts are with the Jeffcoats right now, that's what I'm thinking." --George W. Bush, after meeting with California wildfire victims Kendra and...

First things first, the theory came from an Austrian jew, and the German bomb program was a joke. Secondly I was saying that many in the U.S (the scientest who developed them in the first place included) wished that we had never started the program after they discovered the horrifying...

I certainly agree that comparison to a specific air force would be counterproductive, however any AF capability has to set in the background of at least a theoretical potential enemy, and the state of the air war paradigm overall. It may be productive to spend some time on the ability deal with...

I find it odd that someone involved in the development of weapons intended to merely kill millions of civilians (There is great deal of theory geared towards the use tactical nuclear weapons, but in almost any scenario, tactical nukes would lead to the use of strategic wepons) would be...

I have never flown a mig-21 or mig-19, but know people who have, and have read the testimony of people who have. According to Chuck Yeager (First person to survive going faster than the speed of sound, test pilot for over 50 years, triple ace.. etc. etc.), flying a mig-21(Along with mig-19 and...

A note on average engagement ranges. Most *Fatal* small arms engagements do not happen at >250 meters. The geography of places like the outback of Pakistan and Afghanistan may change that figure, but back in WW2 the Germans concluded that the vast majority of engagements were starting at the...

India's capital is coming from IT, but IT will never make up more than 10% of any reasonably healthy economy. India's GDP growth is coming because IT is highly capital intensive, but it does not translate into any important industrial growth, or long term gain. IT exists to make other industries...

Eh, alot of it is personal preference. I have met those who would not touch a 7.62 weapon like the m14 because it was heavy and awkward to swing around in CQB. On the other hand, I read the story of a Delta op who shot a Somali in the chest with an M4 and had him stand up and walk away after it...

Missile technology..SD-10..can perform about as well as any BVR missile. Hm, neither the PLAF or PAF have deigned to release perfomance specs, so I can not counter or support that statement.

First of all let me say I am an engineer, so I really do love all the roter-head nuts and bolts details about fighter aircraft. Furthermore let me state that the capability of an Air Force is much more than just the technical specs of its aircraft. I think a bit to much time is spent on the...

I think the Russian obsession with super agility is primarly economic more than anything else. It 1. Impresses audiences at airshows when you are trying to sell your stuff overseas and 2. Is wildly cheaper to come up with than stealth technology. Shame it is a dead end. It comes from studying...

Agreed. By outsider, I simply meant someone unfamiliar with Musilm culture and practice. As for Justifications for violence, Christianty specifically states that violence is an unacceptable option, didn't stop the Crusades though. Culturally, it is worth mentioning that early Musilm leaders were...

Setting aside Pakistan as a superpower for a moment, I should rephrase my comment about Islam, it sounds somewhat ignorent in retrospect. Instead of "Islam endorses violence for religous reasons" let me say that Islam leaves the door open for religously motivated violence. Conversion(Well, in...

Even rich countries rarely change calibers. Back in the 80's H&K and Colt were both working on caseless ammo systems that did in fact bear fruit. They shot faster, had less recoil, and begining shooters were much more accurate with them. They had two main problems. 1. If they broke, noone could...