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A factual post,
But Mastan jee wanted to show us that if PAF had bought the European Fighters.....Typhoon, Mirage 2000s or Rafale, like 10 years ago when Pakistan was fresh of an ally in war on terror, then we could have negotiated peace with India long time ago.
If we go back in time and see that India averaged 6% growth all those 10 years upto 2012, then We could have used our firepower as a deterrence. We could have negotiated peace with India and focused our resources on things of higher priority.
In 2001, India didn't have all those Mig 29 SMTs or upgraded Mirage 2000 or the new SU30MKI. Rafale or Typhoon in the hands of PAF would have made a difference.
Now they are much stronger military and economic wise. I think that is what he meant, which seems like a valid point.
JF-17 still has years to mature and our geo-strategic position is as fragile as ever!
Fragility is what we inherited when we got independence, just a year later, the fragility raised her head so this is nothing new. Every era saw its share of hazards for either country, sometimes they had an edge, other times we did. We have been living and will live in the same way but JFT is the right step in the right direction. It is a stability factor for PAF, it has increased their moral quite a lot. They talk about it with confidence when they say, "we are improving and sharpening our edges to cut them deep". PAF today, is a force to reckon with. FC-20 will improve this edge at least twice.