US to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan: report

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India had a long time and a lot of opportunity to build the air force. For India to be in this position reveals total corruption or total disaster of a procurement process or a combination?
Members are saying go to Russia and get Sukhois. But with Russia trying to improve relations with pak and Chinese influence over Russia even this is not a safe bet anymore. USA always profits from both sides from most wars . Best avenue is indigenous development but decades could go by before anything.
 
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Wow Obama showing his Pro-Jihadist side again. US Should have stopped all foreign aid to Pakistan after Bin Laden was found in Abbottabad. In fact, after direct evidence was found that the ISI chief had knowledge of Bin Laden's wherabouts, they should have invaded.

love it or hate it. as long as USA forces are in Afghanistan, they need pakis, despite of all odds
 

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India had a long time and a lot of opportunity to build the air force. For India to be in this position reveals total corruption or total disaster of a procurement process or a combination?
Members are saying go to Russia and get Sukhois. But with Russia trying to improve relations with pak and Chinese influence over Russia even this is not a safe bet anymore. USA always profits from both sides from most wars . Best avenue is indigenous development but decades could go by before anything.
Why is Russia trying to improve relations with Pak? What will they gain from it? India has been a long-time ally to them.
 

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Why only eight ... Pakis They are not paying anyhow. Why not a few more like 10, 15, 20. Is it to replace stuff that's crashed and inoperational ...

Is it linked to upgrading the second hand stuff they got and with that throw in small number of the new stuff. Us industry benefits and more Trojans.

What about predator drones that pakis also wanted.
 

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Why only eight ... Pakis They are not paying anyhow. Why not a few more like 10, 15, 20. Is it to replace stuff that's crashed and inoperational ...

Is it linked to upgrading the second hand stuff they got and with that throw in small number of the new stuff. Us industry benefits and more Trojans.

What about predator drones that pakis also wanted.
Who said we're not paying for them? Can you back up your claim with a neutral source?
We purchased 18 block 52 for $3.5 billion in a FMS deal woth $5.2 billion.
All 76 F-16's are operational now.
 

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Boeing want to keep producing line open...
 

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We should buy SU 35 fighters in 100 numbers to counter it. we must procure s 400 sam at asap. I don't know why US playing as double agent. Indian air force strength depleting rapidly. We must fix it . I hope Defence Minister will aware of problem.
Our great PM has refused to buy any more fighters. All indigenous make now. And what's so surprising about US playing double games? That is more common than the air you breath.
 

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Just give access to Israelis at one of our northern air bases and we can counter Paki air force just fine.
 

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Keval 8 Jungi Tayare lol even if Pakis upgrade their entire F 16 blk donkeys to Blk 52 PAF will still remain inferior both quantitavely qualitatively against IAF.

Even our upgraded Mirage 2000s are more than a match for blk 52.
 

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Just give access to Israelis at one of our northern air bases and we can counter Paki air force just fine
our IAF is fully capable of defending our nation.no doubt.
pakis need china, arabs and turkey to counter us.

Keval 8 Jungi Tayare lol even if Pakis upgrade their entire F 16 blk donkeys to Blk 52 PAF will remain inferior against IAF.

Even our upgraded Mirage 2000s are more than a match for blk 52.
nah can't compare mirage to f-16.
they have just the f-16 to defend themselves that too low in numbers poor PAF.
 

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These F-16s doesn't provide a qualitative or quantitative edge to PAF over IAF so we don't care.

The more the US provide such weapons to Pak, the more weapons India will create or buy from Russia, so basically US is helping Russia.:heh:
 
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These F-16s doesn't provide a qualitative or quantitative lead to PAF over IAF so we don't care.

The more the US provide such weapons to Pak, the more weapons India will create or buy from Russia, so basically US is helping Russia.:heh:
the free aids and donations are over from u.s side
now pakistan have to buy their weapons.which of cource they cant buy in huge numbers nor produce of their own.

the only hope is china,to give them free hardware's and gifts.
and they cant win the war with gifts.:biggrin2:
 

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Why only eight ... Pakis They are not paying anyhow. Why not a few more like 10, 15, 20. Is it to replace stuff that's crashed and inoperational ...

Is it linked to upgrading the second hand stuff they got and with that throw in small number of the new stuff. Us industry benefits and more Trojans.

What about predator drones that pakis also wanted.

amerikans are donating these 8 to pakis to be used against haqqani network but instead will be used against modi network
 
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This order is to keep the fort worth texas plant open. It is a political move with elections coming. Democrats fear losing texas.
 

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I don't think democrats will ever win Texas though.
Maybe Yankee pockets like Austin. There appears to be a huge movement of shaming and guilt-tripping young/impressionable Texans by the political-Left (eg: huge outrage to that clock kid incident). Dems might be making inroads that way.
 

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Maybe Yankee pockets like Austin. There appears to be a huge movement of shaming and guilt-tripping young/impressionable Texans by the political-Left (eg: huge outrage to that clock kid incident). Dems might be making inroads that way.
It's possible, though the major factor would be if Trump doesn't win, amnesty and open borders with Hildebeast and successors would be what really changes the electoral demographics for good. That would not be good for India. A democratic US government will be anti "islamophobia" (aka pro destruction of the Hindu people).
 

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Who said we're not paying for them? Can you back up your claim with a neutral source?
We purchased 18 block 52 for $3.5 billion in a FMS deal woth $5.2 billion.
All 76 F-16's are operational now.
who said you are paying? can you back your claim with neural source:biggrin2::biggrin2:
 

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