Your first two sentences pretty much define what POF is doing. We are stuck to the whims of foreign manufacturers for as long as POF fails at the task of designing and developing a locally made rifle.
Congratulations. I am really impressed with the strides and strategy of ISRO in development of infra structure for space and satellite systems. While our SUPARCO still drags its feet struggling to get off the ground, ISRO is already up there. So once again, well done.
1) Tell your interests
All things military, strategic and tactical
2) What do you do.
What I always wanted to do
3) How did you find us
A little birdie told me
4) What interests you here?
See 1) above
5) What is your profession?
Adviser and Go-To Guy
6) Future plans?
More concerned with...
The saddest part of this entire exercise is the failure of POF to come up with a locally made rifle for the Pakistan Armed Forces. Without having unity in a service rifle brand our armed forces have ended up with a Hodge Podge of all kinds of rifles.
Thanks for your personal view. Instead of arguing (that I am not very fond of especially with online goofs) let us wait until such time a rifle is chosen.
Pakistan Navy needs to immediately secure the JNB Harbor in light of the admission from the recently nabbed Indian Lt. Cdr. spy who admitted that he has trained BLA personnel in attacking parked ships and other assets by using explosive laden boats. This threat is by far more crucial than...
I have my doubts that any of the European rifles will be purchased. High price and maintenance are turn-offs for our users (case and point are the FN F2000 and P90 purchased by the PAF in early 2000s, those rifles are now lying in storage for emergency use only). So the main competition may be...