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I know, that is what I addressed in my subsequent post, as the "no true scotsman" fallacy. Read about that if you haven't - that's a very common and pervasive fallacy in informal logic. Care to substantiate that statement? Please don't lie. You have to take the horse to the water, not to a...

With work, it probably can. But the question is whether the money, time and effort required would justify the benefits. The program cost would soar, and therefore the aquisition cost would too. Fot a 100 million dollar aircraft, it may be worth it to add another 10 million for re-engining. But...

It is not a myth. I said at least a hundred, if not more. That's a fact. There could very well be 200+, because only 120 Jaguars were put through upgrades. The rest will be retired. Nope. It doesn't work that way. 1 multirole fighter may be able to do the work of 1 striker and 1 fighter, but it...

The Navy was not accountable to the Congress led govt?

Because we don't have enough of either. Many of the Jags are going to be retired, a grand total of 0 Tejas are in service, at most 40 will be in service in a few years, and even today, before the retirement of Jags and mig-27s, we are short of squadron strength. If it was a choice between 100...

Why are you disparaging yourself? I find that highely unlikely. How can the EJ-200 fit into an aircraft built for the R-93? The aircraft would have to be extensively modified, which doesn't make economic sense for a low cost aircraft like JF-17. That was also the reason GE-414 won the...

If even our mig-27s and jaguars and even the formidable mirage-2000s need top cover or fighter escort, then what is the problem in providing the same escort to Hawks during CAS? Fact 1) We are short of the desired squadron strength. Fact 2) Hundreds of strike aircrafts have to be replaced...

Don't start comparison threads, except in the air warfare forum. And don't start a thread for a small question.

True. This is a feel good thread for Pakistanis. There is nothing else of substance or importance in opening this thread. Indians: I suggest we let Pakistanis have their day of fun today. We don't need their stamp of approval - it would be a sad day when we need Pakistanis' endorsement for...

"Self evident"? Do you even know what that means? You seem to think that something is self evident if there is no evidence for it. That's not what the term means. "Torture and conversion of minorities to hinduism is on top"? Really? Is there a commandment in your religion not to lie blatantly...

As for the cheesy "Gandhi would have been shocked" line - you think there was no religious intolerance in Gandhis's time? No massacres of hindus, muslims and sikhs? The country itself was partitioned on religious grounds during Gandhi's time, FFS. Pakistan's heroes were advocating a two nation...

"World saw its first genocide"?? Really? Modi was cleared of any wrong doing. The culprits have been jailed, including a high ranking minister. The culprits who burned 56 kar sevaks have not been apprehended yet. BTW 256 hindus were also massacred in the riots. But they don't really matter for...

No, that's not what I said. I just said that I don't find it useful to classify people as good or bad. If a person does something good, and something bad on the same day, is he a good person or bad person? "Good", "bad", "moral", immoral" etc are attributes we give to human actions. I suppose...

Top Indian official : "The sun will continue to rise in the east."

Where did I quote the Bhagvat Gita?:crazy: To the question, yes I wish they would reform their beliefs like many other religions have done. For example, today Christians no longer obey many biblical laws, like "Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.", or that homosexuals should be stoned at the...

I don't classify people as good or bad, I find it far more useful to classify actions as good or bad. Believing bad ideas cause people to do bad actions, which is what I said in my previous post.

People act on the ideas they believe in. If they believe that it is a good idea to kill somebody, they will do it. The culpability of course lies on the person - which is why we arrest people, not ideas. But when you say "ideas don't kill", you seem to be implying that there are no bad ideas...

You are aware that the word "tool" has also come to mean what "Dick" has, right?:cheesy: Damn, why so many words for the male's toy?:whistle:

More than a million have been affected by the effects of jihad. Affected doesn't just mean dead. There is no contradiction there. I am usually very careful when I post. I said millions believe, while hundreds of thousands act on those beliefs. The latter is a subset of the former. Not everybody...

What is the point of telling everybody that the real meaning is something else? Is that any consolation to millions of people who have been victims of the "not real" jihad? The point is that there are millions of muslims who believe jihad to be a worldly war against infidels or anybody they...