Hi,
If you remember correctly---a few months ago---that before you went on a 'Hiatus'---that was the part of the discussion---that Pakistan needs to understand what is needed and required of it in the region.
Yemen was the place to show the world that Pakistan has much more capabilities of fighting this war than understood---.
The Saudis knew that---the emiratis knew that----only the Pakistanis were at a loss of direction.
They were afraid that India would attack---. How dare india attack under these circumstances when the world was seeking Pakistan's help---and secondly----measures could be taken to prevent that----a sqdrn of the Saudi F15's deployed at Jacobabad and a sqdrn of Emiratis Mirage 2k9's deployed at Karachi would have taken the air out of the balloon.
It was like a 100 billion dollar deal that Pakistan lay wasted----as
@Indus Falcon stated----10 to 20 billion dollars up front and then 5 billion dollars a year.
The first step would have been to deploy at least 10-20 thousand troops with total support in place and leading to 30-40000 troops in 6 months----build a cantonment at Gwadar / Pasni----have a recruitment campaign started for another 100000 troops----a full fledged naval battle force comprising of 3500 tons to 10000 ton frigates----a naval strike air force---a submarine fleet and all the complimentary paraphernalia.
That was the moment for Pakistan to have evolved from a nobody to a somebody to recon with within months.
