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rags wrote:
Vips wrote: We had the Sea King of around the same vintage and retired these after the UK sanctions post 1998 and also because of maintenance issues. Pork Navy would be spending a good amount to keep these air worthy :)
You have to give it to these guys. Their strategy to hoover up all discarded airframes around the world, there is a viable air-force somewhere in the middle of all this junk. Or a spare parts business. All in All, win Bakshish win for the pakis.
There is good reason to buy used (most of deal is basically black
money given out all parties involved).
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John wrote:
rags wrote: You have to give it to these guys. Their strategy to hoover up all discarded airframes around the world, there is a viable air-force somewhere in the middle of all this junk. Or a spare parts business. All in All, win Bakshish win for the pakis.
There is good reason to buy used (most of deal is basically black
money given out all parties involved).
In this case then paf will have to give black-moeny payments to Qatar, since its a donation. I doubt that. If you had told me its the other way round - I'd have believed unless there is a nuance that I dont appreciate here.
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The Future of JF-17: What Pakistan plans to field in its next generation of Thunder
https://www.thedefencematrix.in/the-future-of-jf-17
25 Jan 2022
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Rakesh wrote:The Future of JF-17: What Pakistan plans to field in its next generation of Thunder
https://www.thedefencematrix.in/the-future-of-jf-17
25 Jan 2022
Seems more of a wishlist than reality.
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Possibly, but expect PAF fanboys to hype this to mythical proportions.

I would'nt be surprised by the time the Block V version of the JF-17 comes out, they will claim it is superior even to F-35 :)
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Seems like the pakis are actually getting their hands on new 155s and 300mm from their iron brother based on the report below, the part about the hypersonic weapon should be taken with a fistful of salt as it will be several years before the lizard shares it with the beggers. They are also getting the know how on producing extended range ammo.
If this isn't an encouragement for the IA to finish the non stop trials and start inducting the ATAGS in their hundreds then bhagwan jaane what else can make them act faster.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-ne ... 96285.html
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From: INDIAKHABAR.COM

^^^^^ China supplies mounted howitzers to Pak to maintain arms parity with India | World News

- 236 SH-15 155 mm vehicle mounted howitzers (53 KM range)
- NORINCO AR-1 300 mm multi barrel rocket launchers
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VinodTK wrote:
- 236 SH-15 155 mm vehicle mounted howitzers (53 KM range)
With what accuracy at that range? Theoretical extreme/max ranges are of little tactical significance without accuracy.
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brar_w wrote:
VinodTK wrote:
- 236 SH-15 155 mm vehicle mounted howitzers (53 KM range)
With what accuracy at that range? Theoretical extreme/max ranges are of little tactical significance without accuracy.

Apparently it's a guided round.
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VinodTK wrote:From: INDIAKHABAR.COM

^^^^^ China supplies mounted howitzers to Pak to maintain arms parity with India | World News

- 236 SH-15 155 mm vehicle mounted howitzers (53 KM range)
- NORINCO AR-1 300 mm multi barrel rocket launchers
I went through the SIPRI arms trade registers of 2015-2021, pak has not bought any SH15. If any transfer , this is off the books and therefore also illegal arms transfer. Not that pak or china care about it.
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https://twitter.com/DCSWORLDPAK/status/ ... 17539?s=20 ---> Dead Stick Landing. F-16B, No 603.

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Pratyush wrote:
brar_w wrote:
With what accuracy at that range? Theoretical extreme/max ranges are of little tactical significance without accuracy.

Apparently it's a guided round.
Reference Link
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In December 2019, Army Recognition has reported that Pakistan has procured 236 SH-15 155 mm 6x6 wheeled self-propelled howitzers from China. For many years, Pakistani armed forces are in the process to strengthen their artillery capability, especially with a new more mobile artillery solution. According to the SIPRI Arms Transfer Database, Pakistan has already purchased 36 SH1 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers from China in 2013-2014.

Currently, the Pakistani army operates the M109A5, a tracked self-propelled howitzer manufactured by the United States but Pakistan would continue the modernization of its artillery force with new wheeled artillery systems. For the Pakistani Army, the ideal might be to procure an even lighter weapon, one that can be carried by its utility helicopters using an external sling.

The SH15 is a Chinese-made wheeled self-propelled howitzer based on 6x6 Shaanxi truck chassis with an armored cabin at the front and one 155 mm gun-howitzer mounted at the rear of the truck. This new howitzer is protected against the firing of small arms and artillery shell splinters. The crew cab has two large bulletproof windows at the front and there are two doors on each side.

The SH15 has a maximum firing range of 20 km with standard ammunition and 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile. This artillery vehicle can be operated by a crew of five. According to some military sources, the vehicle will have a maximum weight of 22 tons.
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Rakesh wrote: https://twitter.com/DCSWORLDPAK/status/ ... 17539?s=20 ---> Dead Stick Landing. F-16B, No 603.
Was this aircraft part of Swift Retreat?
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Pratyush wrote:
Apparently it's a guided round.
Which guided round is the PA using and what is it relying on for guidance and accuracy?
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Aditya_V wrote:
Rakesh wrote: https://twitter.com/DCSWORLDPAK/status/ ... 17539?s=20 ---> Dead Stick Landing. F-16B, No 603.
Was this aircraft part of Swift Retreat?
Did you read the text above the photograph?
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. . Red Arrow-8 Anti-tank missile 1989 1990-2020 (25350) Produced under licence in Pakistan as Baktar Shikan
. . QW-1 Vanguard Portable SAM (1993) 1994-2020 (2450) Produced under licence in Pakistan as Anza-2
(530) Type-90-2M/MBT-2000 Tank (1998) 2001-2020 (385) Produced under licence in Pakistan as Al-Khalid and Al-Khalid-I (or Al-Khalid-1)
(50) JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft 1999 2007-2013 (50) JF-17 Block-1 version; developed for Pakistan; incl production of components and assembly in Pakistan; incl 8 mainly for testing and first 42 production version ordered 2009 for $800 m
4 F-22 Frigate 2005 2009-2013 4 $500-750 m deal; F-22P version; incl 1 produced under licence in Pakistan; Pakistani designation Zulfiquar
27 K-8 Trainer/combat ac 2005 2007-2010 27 K-8P version; produced under licence in Pakistan
(60) A-100 300mm Self-propelled MRL (2008) 2011-2015 (60) Produced under licence in Pakistan
2 Azmat Corvette 2010 2012-2014 2 Incl 1 produced under licence in Pakistan
(20) CH-3 Armed UAV (2011) 2013-2016 (20) Incl production under licence in Pakistan as Shahpar
(50) JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft (2011) 2015-2018 (50) JF-17 Block-2 version; produced under licence in Pakistan
(50) JF-17 Block-3 FGA aircraft (2012) JF-17 Block-3 version; produced under licence in Pakistan; delivery probably planned from 2022
2 Azmat Corvette (2013) 2017-2020 2 Produced under licence in Pakistan
2 Kashmir OPV 2015 2018 1 For coast guard; incl 1 produced under licence in Pakistan; delivery probably planned 2018-2021
4 MPVs-6HT OPV 2015 2016-2018 (4) For coast guard; incl 2 produced under licence in Pakistan; Pakistani designation Hingol
8 Type-041 Submarine (2015) Probably S-20 version; incl 4 produced under licence in Pakistan; delivery planned 2022-2028
(12) JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft (2017) 2018-2019 (12) JF-17 Block-2 version; produced under licence in Pakistan
26 JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft 2018 2019-2020 (26) JF-17B trainer/combat version; incl 22 produced under licence in Pakistan
(6) AS565S Panther ASW helicopter 2005 2009-2010 (6) Z-9EC version
(70) C-802 Anti-ship missile (2005) 2009-2013 (70) For Jiangwei (F-22P) frigates
(100) R-440 Crotale SAM (2005) 2009-2013 (100) For Jiangwei (F-22P) frigates; HQ-7 (FM-80) version
(750) PL-12/SD-10 BVRAAM (2006) 2010-2020 (525) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(1100) PL-5E SRAAM (2006) 2009-2020 (760) For JF-17 combat aircraft; PL-5E-II version
(100) C-802 Anti-ship missile (2008) 2012-2020 (72) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(1000) LS-3 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2020 (750) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(1000) LS-6-500 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2019 (700) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(1000) LT-2 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2020 (725) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(2) SLC-2 Arty locating radar (2008) 2010 (2) For use with A-100 MRL
(150) WMD-7 Aircraft EO system (2008) 2009-2020 (115) For JF-17 combat aircraft
4 ZDK-03 AEW&C aircraft 2008 2011-2014 (4) $278 m deal; designated KE-03 in Pakistan
(120) C-602 Anti-ship missile 2009 2014-2019 (120) For coast defence; possibly produced under licence in Pakistan; Pakistan designation Zarb
(2) C-602 Coastal defence system 2009 2014-2016 (2)
(50) FN-6 Portable SAM (2009) 2010 (50)
(30) C-802 Anti-ship missile (2010) 2012-2014 (30) For Azmat FAC
(50) CM-400AKG Anti-ship missile (2010) 2012-2016 (50) For JF-17 combat aircraft
4 F-7A/J-7 Fighter aircraft 2010 2010 4 Second-hand; aid; FT-7A trainer version
20 GDF 35mm AA gun (2011) 2012 (20) Type-90 version
(100) LD-10 ARM (2011) 2014-2017 (100)
10 Skyguard Fire control radar (2011) 2012 10 For use with GDF (Type-90) 35mm anti-aircraft guns
(30) C-802 Anti-ship missile (2013) 2017-2020 (30) For Azmat FAC
(10) FM-90 SAM system (2013) 2014-2016 (10)
(400) FM-90 SAM (2013) 2014-2016 (400)
8 IBIS-150 Air search radar (2014) 2016-2017 (8) $40 m deal
(300) LY-80 SAM 2014 2016-2018 (300)
(3) LY-80 SAMS SAM system (2014) 2016-2018 (3) $599 m deal
(3) WZ-10 Combat helicopter (2014) 2015 (3)
(80) C-802 Anti-ship missile (2015) For 6 Type-041 (S-20) submarines
(636) FN-6 Portable SAM (2015) 2016 636 Designation uncertain (reported as 'MANPADS')
(100) SET-65 Yenot-2 ASW torpedo (2015) Yu-3 version; for Type-041 submarines
(5) Wing Loong-1 Armed UAV (2015) 2015 (5)
(100) Yu-4 533mm AS torpedo (2015) For 6 Type-041 submarines
(200) LY-80 SAM (2017) For Type-054A/P frigates
4 Type-054A Frigate 2017 Type-54A/P version; delivery planned 2021-2022
(1) JY-27 Air search radar (2018) 2019 (1)
(48) Wing Loong-2 Armed UAV (2018)
5 YLC-18 Air search radar (2018) $25 m deal; YLC-18A version
CH-4 Armed UAV 2019
(100) VT-4 Tank 2019 2020 (4)


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SIPRI Arms register entry for China -> Pakistan for 2010 - 2020. I still cant find SH15 , or I'm missing out on something.

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Data Key: No. ordered designation description Date of order Date of delivery Number delivered Comments
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SIPRI Arms register is, I think, a voluntary matter and has no real legal standing. I would not depend upon it.
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Rakesh wrote:
Aditya_V wrote: Was this aircraft part of Swift Retreat?
Did you read the text above the photograph?
I don't understand, what text
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brar_w wrote:
Pratyush wrote:
Apparently it's a guided round.
Which guided round is the PA using and what is it relying on for guidance and accuracy?
Don't know. Just reading the India khabar link listed above, quoting the range with extended range and guided rounds.

It will be what ever the PRC has developed. Lazer guided is based on USSR tech. GPS equivalent guidance should not be that hard to achieve by PRC.
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Pratyush wrote:
brar_w wrote:

Don't know. Just reading the India khabar link listed above, quoting the range with extended range and guided rounds.

It will be what ever the PRC has developed. Lazer guided is based on USSR tech. GPS equivalent guidance should not be that hard to achieve by PRC.
"The SH15 has a maximum firing range of 20 km with standard ammunition and 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile"

What kind of magic is this, you more than double the range with a rocket assisted munition!!! I have not heard of any developed systems that can do this, the ramjet munition is still in development stage and here we have the cheenis giving the beggers a new unheard of technology.
But whatever the case, its high time the IA starts increasing the number of Pinaka 2 and Pinaka ER.
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I am thinking in terms of the ranges achieved by the Germans with the test shots of VLAP from the 52 calibre Pzh2000.

They are reporting ranges in excess of 70 k.

Even when fired from 39 calibre gun one of the shells reached 54 kms.

https://defense-update.com/20191127_lon ... llery.html
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stephen wrote:
Pratyush wrote:
"The SH15 has a maximum firing range of 20 km with standard ammunition and 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile"

What kind of magic is this, you more than double the range with a rocket assisted munition!!! I have not heard of any developed systems that can do this, the ramjet munition is still in development stage and here we have the cheenis giving the beggers a new unheard of technology.
But whatever the case, its high time the IA starts increasing the number of Pinaka 2 and Pinaka ER.
It isn't impossible to reach 50 km with a RAP round and using a 155/52cal system. The US Army's currently in development RAP round will extend the range of the 39 cal M777 out to 40 km (should go well beyond 50 km when launched from a 52 cal system). The same round gets them 70 km from their 58 cal ERCA. A few months ago, the French used the Excalibur round and fired it out to beyond 46 km to qualify it for their wheeled system. At the end of the day, these are ballistic rounds, and the farther you go the less accurate you become. This then requires some form of guidance, and the ability to correct. In the case of the French example, they struck pin point targets at nearly 50 km using the French 52 cal gun. The same round has showed this pin point accuracy at 70 km using the US 58 cal ERCA systems. So what it boils down to is the type of guided round the PA is using, its accuracy, and survivability. Otherwise, these ranges are purely academic and of no practical operational value.

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Aditya_V wrote:I don't understand, what text
:)

The photograph is placed on a log book. Above the log book is the actual tweet. Read that tweet ----> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7371&p=2532269#p2532145

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Rakesh wrote:
Aditya_V wrote:I don't understand, what text
...
It says the aircraft had been recovered and flying MA, I saw that i.e is he implying that it has recovered, repaired and used by PAF in operations. I remember there was F-16 No 606 which had photos of twin seater and claimed by PAF, post Operation Swift Retreat as a single seater. Leading to online speculation that 606 was the tail number which was shot down.

So from the tweet, it seems this aircraft was recovered repaired and used by PAF as a MA, does it mean military aircraft or does it mean the aircraft was unfit for operations?
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Aditya_V wrote:So from the tweet, it seems this aircraft was recovered repaired and used by PAF as a MA, does it mean military aircraft or does it mean the aircraft was unfit for operations?
The refurbished F16 could also be used for disinformation. Parked planes on tarmacs (usable or not) are picked up by satellites. With the right amount of oil spills and tire marks, the satellite can not pick up the difference between real and unusable.
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Aditya_V wrote:
Rakesh wrote: ...
It says the aircraft had been recovered and flying MA, I saw that i.e is he implying that it has recovered, repaired and used by PAF in operations. I remember there was F-16 No 606 which had photos of twin seater and claimed by PAF, post Operation Swift Retreat as a single seater. Leading to online speculation that 606 was the tail number which was shot down.

So from the tweet, it seems this aircraft was recovered repaired and used by PAF as a MA, does it mean military aircraft or does it mean the aircraft was unfit for operations?
MA = Maashallah
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parshuram wrote:MA = Maashallah
:rotfl: :lol:
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YashG wrote:
John wrote: There is good reason to buy used (most of deal is basically black
money given out all parties involved).
In this case then paf will have to give black-moeny payments to Qatar, since its a donation. I doubt that. If you had told me its the other way round - I'd have believed unless there is a nuance that I dont appreciate here.
It was for question why pakistan is buying used ACs not necessarily that deal. In case of Qatar it is donation (then again we don’t know if there is more too it) but for example other used platforms they are buying like the used Embraer 190 jets (which is a dead AC design and those airlines operating it would have given away the AC for free) for full price is corruption in full swing.

That deal is great example of corruption while buying a similar new jet wouldn’t have allowed all parties involved to make this much black $$ .
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brar_w wrote:
stephen wrote:

It isn't impossible to reach 50 km with a RAP round and using a 155/52cal system. The US Army's currently in development RAP round will extend the range of the 39 cal M777 out to 40 km (should go well beyond 50 km when launched from a 52 cal system).

Thanks Brar, I knew about the US plans for Increasing the barrel length of M777 for increased range. Have been hearing about the Excaliber since the "Future weapons" days on discovery, so had an idea about what the US was doing to increase the range and accuracy. What Pratyush has shared about the Germans and the South Africans is also not surprising as both these countries have a very well developed defense industry.
I had assumed that since the ATAGS beat the world record in 2017 with a range of around 48 km using HEBB ammos, the maximum range of the other artillery systems will be around these figures, if they had caught up with ATAGS.
Seems I hadn't read much about what the Chinese had been doing with their artillery systems, I knew they had been developing various new systems but hadn't read much about their ammo development. Just goes to show that the Pakis will forever be trying to do something to show their folks that they are == to the Indians.
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The ranges quoted for the PRC 155 is not really be surprise for me. Because in the olden days Norinco was heavily collaborating with Gerald Bull's GHN.

Given the nearly 30 years of domestic r&d the PRC can easily have achieved the ranges they are claiming to have.

However, as Brar stated in the absence of guidence the ranges are purely academic.
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stephen wrote:Thanks Brar, I knew about the US plans for Increasing the barrel length of M777 for increased range. Have been hearing about the Excaliber since the "Future weapons" days on discovery, so had an idea about what the US was doing to increase the range and accuracy. What Pratyush has shared about the Germans and the South Africans is also not surprising as both these countries have a very well developed defense industry.
I had assumed that since the ATAGS beat the world record in 2017 with a range of around 48 km using HEBB ammos, the maximum range of the other artillery systems will be around these figures, if they had caught up with ATAGS.
Seems I hadn't read much about what the Chinese had been doing with their artillery systems, I knew they had been developing various new systems but hadn't read much about their ammo development. Just goes to show that the Pakis will forever be trying to do something to show their folks that they are == to the Indians.
There is no longer barrel version of the M777 anymore. That was just a demo project. The 58 cal system is going on the M109 Paladin which is going to enter service next year with 70 km precision strike range extendable to beyond 100 km via a new round they are developing for the system. Excalibur and the RAP round gets them about 40 km when launched from the 39 cal M777 which is sufficient for those guns (the US Army is fielding 52 cal wheeled system as well for greater range and mobility). Again these max ranges are not very useful unless you use guided shells.
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The Chinks giving Paks stuff for free is a very big irritant. People constantly dissing chinki maal on this forum perhaps need to read up on the past Indo-Pak wars where they'll realise the sad truth that...most of the time...most of the chinki maal did work. Chinks have been arming the paks with everything from pistols to nukes. We need to be similarly equipping the chinkis' enemies with stuff for free -- from bramhos missiles to tactical nukes...to Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan. And for effect...maybe even raise a Tibetan Liberation Army, Navy and Airforce. They need to be responded to in their same language. At the rate they're going, I'm pretty certain that they'll soon be equipping the paks with aircraft carriers and ssbns too...since they're pushing these out like TVs and mobiles while we're making them like constipated farts.
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Cheeni maal works, just not to the numbers they quote. But reduce every cheeni mall spec by 20-30% and u know u still have a problem at hand. So we need to pull
Up our socks. But we know that since ages.
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India needs to give weapon systems to China's neighbors at goodwill prices with zero-interest loans. But English-speaking Nehruvians sitting in the foreign ministry are the biggest roadblock to this. They have mistaken their remit as "keeping peace with all countries at all times," rather than bringing India to a position of dominance in the world by leveraging easy loans or weapons (both being done by China). So while China uses this strategy to tighten the noose around India, Nehruvian diplomats remain happy that no country is upset with India since India doesn't do anything at all. Keeping India inert at all times is their strategy.
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sanjayc wrote:India needs to give weapon systems to China's neighbors at goodwill prices with zero-interest loans. But English-speaking Nehruvians sitting in the foreign ministry are the biggest roadblock to this. They have mistaken their remit as "keeping peace with all countries at all times," rather than bringing India to a position of dominance in the world by leveraging easy loans or weapons (both being done by China). So while China uses this strategy to tighten the noose around India, Nehruvian diplomats remain happy that no country is upset with India since India doesn't do anything at all. Keeping India inert at all times is their strategy.
Cheenis are pretty mercantilist, be assured they are jot giving pakistan mall at any good prices but perhaps extracting their pound and flesh. Indeed if anything pakistan must have asked maal from cheen on the sam eterms as US did, where coalition support fund was basically a grant. Cheen probably didnt oblige and pakistan kept playing ball. Now when India is acquiring several weapon systems - they have no option but to buy from cheen.

Indian could give softloans for sure but not give maal for free or lower prices - it will not build the reputation & brand for indian maal. Philippines has come onboard, if Malaysia comes too (which is looking tough though) we would have made an entry with a bang.
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sanjayc wrote:India needs to give weapon systems to China's neighbors at goodwill prices with zero-interest loans. But English-speaking Nehruvians sitting in the foreign ministry are the biggest roadblock to this. They have mistaken their remit as "keeping peace with all countries at all times," rather than bringing India to a position of dominance in the world by leveraging easy loans or weapons (both being done by China). So while China uses this strategy to tighten the noose around India, Nehruvian diplomats remain happy that no country is upset with India since India doesn't do anything at all. Keeping India inert at all times is their strategy.
You could arm neighbours with all sorts of weapons but what if they sit on their asses when push comes to shove india vs China. China is their biggest trade partner.

No weapons for free. Take them for a price. Even Vietnam is hugely trade dependent on China.

Unless RAW goes about starting a paki model in Vietnam vs China, there is no viable way to contain China in that model.
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China's neighbours would not be armed by India so that they can participate on the side of India in an India-China war. The idea is to ensure that China's neighbours are not walkovers for Red army and that a substantial part of Chinese army is deployed across the borders of those countries to match their strength. Better to have Chinese army stretched across all its borders, rather than its neigbouring countries being pushovers so that China won't mind bulk of its army deployed against India.
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I don't see the GOI doing this to the degree that will likely begin to seriously concern the Chinese side. There will be a few sales like the Brahmos but I don't think it will be large arms sales or transfers. I don't think there is any defense industrial relationship with Taiwan which will most definitely get the Chinese to notice if it were to happen.. :)
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https://twitter.com/unbiasedmalik/statu ... A7RzOSnEdw ---> The view you get sitting on the backseat of an F-16D Block 52.

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Pakistan is the meeting grounds of last generation american mil hardware and next generation chinese mil hardware. It woulnt take much to find out from pakistan defence circles what does the comparative picture looks like. They are looking at the tea leaves.
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