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Depends on the decoy. The ones the US is making seems to take a lot from machine learning and AI - i.e. these are autonomously flying drones (no remote operator). I can confirm that in Pakistan, there's some very, very basic work on autonomous flight, but not at the level of the US where actual...

The Chinese CM-302 or CX-1 would be a good start. Ideally, we could buy them in numbers and have them integrated to the JF-17s as well as dispersed with shoot-and-scoot ground launchers and fast attack crafts. One other solution would be to work with China (or someone else) on a CBU-105-like...

It's worth noting that France offered Egypt massive loans -- and that too on the back of IMF loans -- to back its opening Rafale sale. Likewise, Germany offered Pakistan a $1.2 to $1.5 b loan for the Type 214 at the tail-end of Musharraf's days. Yes the economy was stronger back then, but the...

The idea was last officially discussed in IDEAS 2016 (followed by the MoDP report talking about KSEW building a mini-SSK). I suppose we'll find out more (positively or negatively) in IDEAS 2018.

That'll likely be a Project Azm thing.

RCS concerns might not even be a factor if the goal is to launch a long-range ALCM (Ra'ad II is 550 km, but 10 years from now it might go even farther, e.g. 750+ km) from interior Sindh or Baluchistan.

Let's hope he doesn't go down the route of other other 'Mohammad A' pace bowlers ... e.g. Asif, Ahmer, etc.

It might be expensive to maintain, especially as only Japan is the other user and supporting it would leave Pakistan with only one supplier for spare parts, upgrades, etc. The most likely outcome is to use a commercial platform (be it Bombardier, Airbus or Boeing) with commercially-off-the-shelf...

This looks like a miniature ballistic missile. I don't see an actual jet-intake. If this is the case, then I'd much prefer the CM-302 or CX-1.

Best case, they probably figured that once they get in, they can do anything (and everything).

I wouldn't call them journalists. More like news (or stuff) commentators. Pakistan (and South Asia as a whole) hasn't produced that many old school journalists. It's a job that requires a combination of thick skin, intellect, sincerity and dedication, and with little pay-off when done independently.

@Oscar @The Deterrent is there any value in procuring these new Ukrainian SRBMs? I'm not referring to the range in as much as the rocket technology being use in them. Do you reckon it's newer or more advanced than what we're using on the Shaheen. This implies MARV? The basic version of the...

Just a wild guess, but a single-engine, low-RCS fighter with a 1.25x to 1.5x range and payload improvement over the JF-17 and a conservative low-RCS airframe like the South Korean KF-X?

I'd look at GLCMs, guided MLRS and Iskander-like SRBMs too. These can be deployed across many. many more attack vectors than air-launched munitions (which depend on the JF-17, which itself depends on a finite number of air fields to launch from...). Granted, the range of the MLRS and SRBMs will...

It's from 2014.

Both roads are painful, but it's the kind of pain that matters. if we're willing to be shut-out for a few years (maybe 1-2 decades) out of the world market because we defaulted and refused to repay our debts (at least in the near-term), then there are other costs. From losing trade access to...

The Russians won't openly upset the Indians. So the trick is to find out what the Russians can subtly do to help you in the near and long-terms. So the Russians can't help with Su-35s and S-400s, but they might be flexible through expertise, technology inputs, industry inputs, resources, etc...

The tuning you see from the PAF is from real resource constraints. When the Pak Gov't is at the start of every term asking the IMF for hard currency infusions, then you don't have much flexibility in terms of technology or time. The exception to the rule was Mushy's time when there was a lot of...

It's odd. But I haven't seen AVIC market the J-10B or J-10C, you'll only find mock-ups of the J-10A at their stalls and exhibits during events. If not J-10C, then I guess AVIC's priority is to market the JF-17 and, later on, FC-31?

Right now AVIC is only marketing the J-10A. I hope we see the J-10C become available soon, it'd be the right solution for the PAF (i.e. leverage the SD-10A and C-802A inventory, integrate with CM-302? etc).