Pakis should not be underestimated.
Think about this possibility. They get these code locked planes from US and then they get the Chinese to decode it and the Chinese learn US coding techniques and control frequencies and the Pakis can use these F-16s however they want. Remember, the Chinese are very good at cracking stuff.
True. But then US must be aware of this possibility. There have been enough instances of this kind in the past to make anyone aware of what Pakis and their tallel fliends are capable of. If this happens again then one may assume that
1. Americans were naive in assuming that Pakis would not go to the Chinese (unlikely).
2. Americans prepared for it by using such high precision encryption that they were confident that it could not be cracked without tripping some auto-destruct mechanism that would wipe out the entire software and render those planes a little more than shiny tin cans. After all military grade code must be harder to hack than standard tools and if it were that easy, their allies would not have been whining about being denied acess to the source codes.
3. Americans really don't care if the Pakis use them planes against India or to carry nuclear weapons. They may have made a big show about putting in these measures to ensure that these systems cannot be used against India, but may choose not to notice or wink and look away if Pakistan "accidently" stumbles across a way to override these "safety" mechanisms. Interestingly, Turkey was recently granted access to the F-16 source codes and they are pretty chummy with the Pakis. The the damn Yanks can claim, "Hey Bud, I did all I could, but bitches be crazy".
4. Perhaps no one is more familiar with
Pakistaniyat, and in this context American and Chinese
neeyat than India. Yet if we fall for this codsawallop and lower our guard thinking 'these planes will never fly East", then we perhaps deserve all the shite thrown at us in the past and in the future. I am sure when it happens (if past is any indication, it will happen), the likes of JayATL will either make themslves scarcer than a virgin in Las Vegas, if cornered will deny that it was these very planes that were used, and when each and everyone of their worthless arguments are shot down faster than those tincans once they cross the border, will blame us 'suckers' for escalating the conflict, or berate not buying the damn planes ourselves or froth and fume about how dare we destroy American property and finally go ballistic about how it would have never come to this if we had cast out lot with the purveyors of "In God we trust".