Purchase of nine helicopters proposed

[Neo]

Purchase of nine helicopters proposed ​

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
By Azhar Mahmood

KARACHI: Director General of Intelligence and Investigation, Federal Board of Revenue has submitted a proposal for the purchase of nine helicopters and sophisticated weapons for carrying out anti-smuggling activities at border areas.

Out of nine helicopters, six would be stationed at Karachi and three at Quetta. The FBR, for the last five years, has been carrying out a number of studies to curb the ever-growing smuggling.

The DG has specifically named ‘Bell Helicopters’ as one of the most-needed in order to monitor the hilly areas of Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

Sources said in a bid to conduct anti-smuggling operation at sea, the director general had requested for 37 high-speed boats, radar system, night navigation devices, vehicles and modern communication equipment for the collectorates.

The Pakistan Customs was equipped with high-speed boats in mid-eighties, but due to non-provision of required funds for the boats, these turned into liabilities.

At present, anti-smuggling operation at sea is not being conducted practically because of non-availability of required facilities.

Sources said the anti-smuggling strategy sent to the FBR suggested following measures.

First, the locals of FATA and PATA should be provided jobs on priority basis so that the poor of these areas could be disengaged from smugglers. Once they are disengaged, the enforcement process would be started.

Second, Customs’ stations or check-posts should be established at popular smuggling routes. These check-posts should be provided quick reaction mobile squads and “some of the points in highly difficult terrains should be equipped with helicopters”.

Finally, those inspectors and sepoys, who have attained the age of 50 years, should be replaced by offering them golden handshake.

The directorate suggested that young tribesmen must be recruited in the small and executive staff to carry out anti-smuggling operation.

Purchase of nine helicopters proposed

 

[EagleEyes]

Any idea what helicopters they will be.

Is it going going to be. Bell 412EP

 

[Neo]

Bell 206 L4 Long Ranger is quite an effective chopper for anti drug warfare, Mexico recently bought 24 heli's from USA.

 

[Neo]

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[fatman17]

under whose operational control these 9 choppers will be? army or airforce or navy pilots. i dont think pak customs have any such capeability.

 

[fatman17]

what makes u think helis are not related to airforce!
what about SAR helicopters which r stationed at major air-bases

 

[dahmed0]

PLZ, STRAT THINKING, SMART ,IF WE CAN MAKE, JF17,WE SHOULD ,START LOOKING TO MAKE OUR OWN COBRA,TOO, THE HEILs WHICH WE WERE GOING TO BY FRM OUR SELFISH FRIEND, USA, WILL BE GROUNDED, WHEN WE NEEDE THM AT MOST, LOOK AT HISTORY?

 

[Keysersoze]

PLZ, STRAT THINKING, SMART ,IF WE CAN MAKE, JF17,WE SHOULD ,START LOOKING TO MAKE OUR OWN COBRA,TOO, THE HEILs WHICH WE WERE GOING TO BY FRM OUR SELFISH FRIEND, USA, WILL BE GROUNDED, WHEN WE NEEDE THM AT MOST, LOOK AT HISTORY?

ok please stop posting unless you can move your hand slightly to the left and turn off caps lock.
Secondly they are not looking at cobra's they are looking at general purpose helicopters.
Thirdly Do you know how much R&D is required to start up a new program (for 9 helicopters)
Forth the embargo prevented new purchases but the more complex F-16's managed to remain operational so i think helicopters would have no problem.

In future engage brain before posting. Thanks.......

 

[dahmed0]

dear, hi, dont be, so , confident, and also plz stop acting, like tht u know every thing, no 1 in this world knows all, so be cool, i was jst, putting, a idea, which was nt bad at all, if we can built, subs, missills,aircrft, so why shoud nt try, to,built, helicopptors,transport or attack ones, nevermind, whtever,bt the main thing is tht, at least we, should apply our owen resourses ,to at least, get rid of poor and unreliable,assistance by our selfish friends like briton, and usa. be cool, have good, luck, plz also start, admiring , uneducated, folks like me, after all , most of the population of ths world, still uneducated, hope u 4give me.

 

[Keysersoze]

dear, hi, dont be, so , confident, and also plz stop acting, like tht u know every thing, no 1 in this world knows all, so be cool, i was jst, putting, a idea, which was nt bad at all, if we can built, subs, missills,aircrft, so why shoud nt try, to,built, helicopptors,transport or attack ones, nevermind, whtever,bt the main thing is tht, at least we, should apply our owen resourses ,to at least, get rid of poor and unreliable,assistance by our selfish friends like briton, and usa. be cool, have good, luck, plz also start, admiring , uneducated, folks like me, after all , most of the population of ths world, still uneducated, hope u 4give me.

1)I am not your "dear" so do not refer to me as such.

2)I do not claim to know everything however you seem to know nothing. As the saying goes "In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"

3)The things that have been been built or developed have been with other nations (JF-17/China Agosta/France) This means that development costs were either non-existent or shared. Development costs would make any acquisition ridiculously expensive (FOR 9 HELICOPTERS!!!!!!!) Even larger powers use outside assistance (including China) Go read up on the subject and then come back and try to sound smart.......

4)Some very smart people have not had formal education, and are still capable of amazing things. I am sure you have had a formal education, yet are unable to do basic research into these matters. Lack of education is forgivable. Patent stupidity is not......

 

[Always Neutral]

dear, hi, dont be, so , confident, and also plz stop acting, like tht u know every thing, no 1 in this world knows all, so be cool, i was jst, putting, a idea, which was nt bad at all, if we can built, subs, missills,aircrft, so why shoud nt try, to,built, helicopptors,transport or attack ones, nevermind, whtever,bt the main thing is tht, at least we, should apply our owen resourses ,to at least, get rid of poor and unreliable,assistance by our selfish friends like briton, and usa. be cool, have good, luck, plz also start, admiring , uneducated, folks like me, after all , most of the population of ths world, still uneducated, hope u 4give me.

Dear Dahmed,

Welocme to the forum. Its not a criticism but your slang, CAPS LOCK and use of commas are sometimes hard to understand and the points you are trying to make are lost. As regards your comment on Why Pakistan cannot make its helicopters is because you need a certain minimum requirement of say 300 helicopters before you can justify economically to set up local production. Also did not understand the part about "Briton" being selfish.

Best Regards

 

[fatman17]

old post...anyway any further update/progress on the acquisition of these 9 choppers?