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It is done becauze the person quoting is listening to someone else and quoting the text verbatum. The text goes that"and the jews and the christians will never be your friend until you follow their religion".
It needs to be emphasised that this ayat came in Madina when the prophet SAW was having arguments and debates aith the jews and christians. The ayat is meant to say that stop wastinv your time on convincing them, they will not follow you because they oppose you out of sheer jealousy or other motives rather than out of knowledge. And Allah knows best.
The problem with quoting the Quran in isolation is the loss of context. Also you need to take a situation and apply it in the context of the whole of the Quran rather than in isolation.
To give you an example the prophet SAW still maintained his pact with the jews and enacted new ones with the Christians after the revelationof this ayat somewhere between 2nd and 5th hijrah.
The situation of acquisition of arms is that you are required to get the best arms available from any source and to keepyour forces ready too the best of your capabilities. The M2Ks have been assessed 3 times by PAF and the deal not progressed beyond an interest. The last nail in that coffin was stuck in 2002-4. This episode is over. People need to move on. If the sale was not relevant in 02' it is certainly not going to become juicy in 15' when the platform has been obsolete since 02 and the manufacturing process has stopped. It is a beautiful platform and we missed out on it in the 80s due to some. PAF guys not thinki g strategically but now it would be sheer stupidity for PAF to go for it. In fact I would not be surprised if IAF goes for them.
CAN ESTEEMED MEMBERS PLEASE NOT QUOTE THE QURAN OUT OF CONTEXT AND IN ISOLATION AND INCUR SIN FOR MILEAXING OTHERS. PLEASE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Araz
Ithink AIM9X and 120 Ds might be on the cards. Would we need / be able to upgrade the 120 C5 inventory to Ds?
The 120D has just been released to the US. 120C7 is available as well as the 9X if PAF wants.
I think it would make sense for PAF to go for it. AIM9X brings that true HOBS capability, which can help the JF-17's PL series as well. It's gonna be what, 200-300 million USD? That's not much for the capability it brings. We know our boys know how to rip the falcons aparts, just add more fangs to it....
Can the C5 be upgraded to C7 standard?
AIM-9X is really good but dont know if they will allow them for Pakistan yet, maybe when the option to buy another 18 F-16 Block-52+s is exercised then they could be acquired with them. The Chinese dont need any input for a better short range missile, they have the PL-10 air to air missile with 90° off-boresight angle, lock-on-before launch (LOBL) and lock-on-after launch (LOAL) capabilities. Surprised Why not already inducted in PAF with F-7PGs and JF-17s, maybe waiting for helmet mounted sight integration.
Chinese PL-10 Short Range Air-to-Air Missile | Chinese Military Review
Range for the APG-68 V9 for 5m2 aerial target is 105km and the range of the AMRAAM C5 is a little over that so dont see any practical advantage of upgrading to C7 standard which matching range at the moment. Maybe once they need maintenance to extend shelf life then they could get the update, but not an issue right now untill the F-16s get a radar upgrade to SABR.
Singapore is planning an Block 52 upgrade as is Taiwan and US Air National Guard.Here is question just for knowledge sake can Pakistani older F16s below Block 52 level be upgraded withj AESA radar or not, if yes then what are possibilities+costs?
whySingapore is planning an Block 52 upgrade as is Taiwan and US Air National Guard.
Singapore - F-16 Block 52 Upgrade
Good for us though, RSAF Block 52's are permanently based in West Bengal.
why what?
Good for us though, RSAF Block 52's are permanently based in West Bengal.