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Very informative indeed. This is good and accurate journalism. The article lays out in quite detail the JVs between China and Pakistan. A relationship that has gone from strength to strength. The future is certainly very bright.

This is superb news for PA which is in dire need of more transport choppers. China can act as a reliable supplier of spares and more choppers. PA is very fond of these choppers and rightly so!

^^ I fully concur. By deploying domestic drones for monitoring movement across the border we can also discourage the Americans from carrying out strikes on our side of the border. The most important aspect is that the drones provide coverage of areas that are out of reach. One important...

This is something that I have been proposing for a very long time. PA should be carrying out aerial reconnaissance on the volatile border region. There has been a lot of talk about erecting a fence across the border which is a good precautionary measure. However, the need for monitoring illegal...

I agree and that's part of the problem. Pakistani political establishment has after independence never changed their colonial laws and regulations unlike India. The reason why India flourished is because they changed their pre-colonial laws. Credit must go to India for that. The leaders of...

The sense that I'm getting is that the Americans don't have the appetite of fighting another lengthy war after Iraq. Also, as you summed it up quite nicely, the Americans now understand that this guerilla type warfare is not winnable in the long term. Even though they would openly never...

You're mistaken. This will upset entire Pakistan including the so-called liberals. The army and the political parties unanimously agree that extending drone attacks to other part of Pakistan simply isn't an option. Kayani's statement is testimony of this fact. The last thing Pakistan would want...

Taimikhan, Thanks for the clarification! It's all becoming very clear what the real motives are.

The legislation requires the secretary of state to report to Congress every six months on whether Pakistan's civilian government maintains effective control over the military's budgets, chain of command and top promotions. So, basically the above applies to military aid and not civilian aid? Is...

One thing that I fail to understand is how the US wants to ensure that aid reaches people by imposing measures such as controlling the military's budgets, chain of command and top promotions. Really, who are they trying to fool here? Such measures have no correlation with ensuring that aid...

^^ Don't believe everything you hear and read. The US needs Pakistan like the earth needs the sun. The neocons may flex their muscles by threatening to mount attacks inside Pakistan, but that's simply never going to happen. The army and GoP have thus far allowed drone attacks in certain areas...

^^ The CIA is supporting such rouge elements and has every stake in doing so. They are the third party. In fact, the Americans aren't hiding their support for Jundullah. Whether Jundullah is acting freely on Pakistani soil is a different matter. Certainly a matter of serious concern and one that...

We cannot rule out that certain ISI elements are colluding with Jundullah. Of course they are doing this with the full blessing of the CIA which is the main sponsor and brainchild of this particular outfit. Jundullah is a typical US proxy tool created to destabilize Iran. Also, there is no...

All the more reason for Iran to concentrate on refining their domestic capacity. These sanctions will prove that they are counter-productive and that the Iranians will achieve what they are after. I'm sure both Russia and China will seize this opportunity with both hands.

^^ Whatever keeps you happy. I've made my point and I'll stick to it. I like many neutral defence experts believe that Pakistan has a vastly superior and credible deterrence at its disposal as compared to Indian firecrackers. Period. Beg to differ, feel free. India thrives on technology...

^^ Who cares what China or anyone else for that matter gives to Pakistan? At least, the Pakistanis have the brain to acknowledge that they should rely on credible deterrence. Deterrence which has been thoroughly improved by our scientists without having to reinvent the wheel so to speak...

^^ LOL Being an Indian you're boasting about obvious failures that the whole world has witnessed in the past few years. Even the jointly developed cruise missile with the help of the Russians seems to have fundamental flaws. Not to mention Agni II which is supposed to be part of your credible...

Let's keep all the developments out of this thread. Pakistan too has many developments ongoing including an ICBM project which I could speculate about. Most Indian projects that you have copied and pasted are still ongoing and haven't even surpassed the prototype stage yet. Additionally, many of...

Again, apples vs oranges debate. First of all, what do you even know about the FC-20? Please provide me with accurate specs and perhaps we can start comparing both. I believe that it's useless to compare any aircraft. My vote goes to none.

First of all, let's not confuse Pakistan's strategic missile assets with the conventional capabilities. Secondly, various Pakistani ballistic missiles have been inducted in sizeable numbers and indeed provide a much needed edge whereas India is still struggling to get its so-called "credible...