Arsalan
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Agreed but PAF hasent still been able to come out of "Falcon Spell" with 5.1 Bn $ Deal (correct me if i am wrong) we could have gone for Grippen NG with ToT we could have got 50~60 grippens (high end estimate) we could have just let falcons go through their life and switched to Grippens
it true that the US are not a good supplier to depend upon but the thing is that we have experience and infrastructure to handle the F16. getting a new system in limited wont have been a wise option as its cost get high when we consider the training and ground facility expenditures ao that is one reason that we sticked with the F16. i do agree with you that it would have been better to stitch away from the US market but perhaps we do not have enough money at the present time to take this step. any how we will have to do this one dsay or the other and i hope we have the options open for us on that day!
regards!