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That's rather like suggesting the T-72 is superior to the Abrams because it's cheaper, more reliable, lower operating cost, and training to counter the Abrams. The only actual combat advantage you listed is a lower RCS.

I fail to see how spending money Pakistan doesn't have on ASAT technology will be helpful. You already have nuclear weapons. You don't need the deterrent of an ASAT missile. If your intention is to use them in war to gain a conventional edge it won't be much of one unless you intend to...

ECM can be used against both the fire control radar of the platform firing a missile against you and the missile fired against you. a lot of warplanes dont carry on-board ECM equipment - they use jamming pods instead. even some planes with on-board ECM equipment will carry add-on ECM pods...

So what you're saying is the JF-17 is not multi-role and will pretty much just be used as an interceptor? OK, gotcha. Missile payload and radar strength are still crucial. It doesn't matter how good your jamming is the mathematics involved dictate that you will burn through eventually. The...

Of course the Su-35 is not an F-35. The F-35 would be murdered in close combat against a Su-35. The F-35 can not shoot and scoot out of danger like the F-22 can and if the Russian AESA for the Su-35 lives up to the marketing specs the JSF will get murdered in BVR too. Then you compare the...

If you want to use them on strike missions, fuel is terribly important. The combat radius you read about on paper usually assume few if no weapons. Start adding high-drag 1000lb bombs onto an aircraft and watch the range drop to something less tha useful. Combat aircraft never travel alone...

It's an advantage in three important ways: 1) That usually means you can carry more fuel. 2) That usually means you can carry more missiles/weapons. 3) That usually means you have a larger radome. Assuming equvialent levels of radar technology the bigger fighter will have a better radar...

Fair enough - when all is said and done it may have advanced your domestic defence industry faster than any other approach.

Something to keep in mind that the faster the missile is moving relative to the target the higher Gs it must pull relative to the target. If the missile is gonig Mach 4 and the target is going mach 0.8 the target, with a properly timed high-G maneuver can dodge the missile every single time and...

The su-35 is an amazing fighter. I'd even say the best 4.5 gen fighter out there. If I was responsible for air force procurement for some nation (oh I can dream) i would pretty much buy up su-35s and su-34s in numbers and ensure enough was spent on support assets.

There are some good things coming out of the DRDO, don't get me wrong. One of the coolest things I remember reading about is how the DRDO developed a chromium based lining that can be applied to any missile that vaporizes when the missiles goes hypersonic and this decreases drag by 50% with...

They typically shoot 30mm rounds at the tanks top armor. 30mm DU rounds will penetrate most any tank from the top. It's also why the Javelin ATGM is one of the best on the market even though it has a much lower penetration than many comparable ATGMs... but it's top-attack trajectory means it...

This could be true. But this is most certainly false. Not only is it contradictory against what was said in the first quoted paragraph but this is basically impossible unless they shot the missile right past the gunners who were on a hilltop a fair distance away from the person who fired the...

Do we really need to rehash how many DRDO projects are pretty much a failure? It's obvious to anybody objective that India bit off more than they can chew on many of those defense projects. And with those failures comes a lot of money wasted. That's a fact. You might argue that's learning curve...

It's part of my point that India is not spending cost-effectively which ties into why PAK-FA will not be a successful project for India. If India was spending cost-effectively they would never engage in the PAK-FA project. Russia can not admit it is not a first-rate airpower (with respect to...

Pride is important, but so is the dwindling supply of foreign currency reserves. People will be angry about the US effectively attacking targets inside Pakistan. But they will be even more angry if there's no fuel available or the economic situation deterioriates rapidly. Tough situation...

To attain anything like that in that time frame you need a large influx of foreign direct investment and to get a large influx of FDI you first need a long period of political stability followed by favourable regulations. It's not looking good at the moment.

apparently the stated chinese defence budget doesn't include foreign weapons procurements or spending on strategic military forces (nuclear). or so i've read.

i think a hybrid regime is one that alternates between military rule and democracy every 10 years :). and i think when the report says "above" that is not meant to mean better.

I have a few comments. First, China may be an emerging super power but one place they've really lagged in technology is in the air. They are making leaps and strides now, but they are still quite far behind. So Pakistan probably should not expect to be getting some awesome fifth gen fighter from...