Mastan And Bossman.
Can we please end this childish tooing and froing. Mastan to reiterate, the information passed on by the poster which started this whole fracas has been on the net for some time and in print at the time of release.Even then one of the first sentences he wrote was that he had cleared it with the relevant officer before printing it. As such your view point is just that and nothing more.Even a nobody like me knows more than what has been posted. We have listened to your argument but there is agreement that it is illfounded, however well intentioned. Lets just leave it at that.
Guys its time to move on and discuss the plane and its capabilities in light of its stirling display rather than whether the news should have been displayed or not.
Araz
Hi Araz,
We are oceans apart----no mid ranking officer has the authority to clear any information about any material that is not in active service and still there are restraints even if it is in active service.
No Lt or Major or Colonel can talk about and release any info in a public setting---. The guy / officer possibly had a few drinks and spilled it all out in the euphoria of being at zhuhai. Now they are all covering up for it making it sound like nothing happened.
My comments have nothing to do with what has been on the net---and I am disappointed at you for not having the ability to learn what difference the news makes when it comes out of the end-users mouth.
There is no legitimacy in the information that you know or I know or anybody else knows on the net---that is all based upon rumour and speculations.
You may have the pictures and blueprints of the actual workings of the material in question but until and unless the end user don't confirm if it is real or not---till then it is all in the air---and this basic thing that you cannot understand---that is a tragedy for my country and motherland---and you know why---if an educated and brilliant pakistani man like you don't have the understanding and acceptance of this basic fundamental of secrecy and how it works---then truthfully, it is a big loss for the nation.
We are habitually bragging about what we don't have----regardless of understanding as to how many nation are out there trying to string is up and put restarints upon us and they have done that many a times.
Millitary is all about secrecy----all millitary weapons in development are veiled in secrecy---even though there are organisations out there that would want to know the capabilities of the items in question. So---off course there are leaks and info is available---but why are the capabilities of the weapons system being disclosed even before the end user has them in full scale deployment---and even then they don't talk about it.
You know---does anybody have any information on the armour of the current British tank---any info on the armour of the current american leading tank or the israeli merkava---they have been in service for years now and still the veil of secrecy---.
What world are you living in sir----like every jack over here thinks the millitary equipment news has to be displayed openly in public forums and on the front pages of the news media---. Since when have we started setting the standards of no secrecy for upcoming or in service weapons systems.
Mani200---you have created a good thread---that is all you can do---no one dictates the direction the thread takes---sometimes it creates a life and direction of its own---if the news gets wings---it will fly---.