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2008-10-20 India-Pakistan

Pakistan risks losing orbital slot if satellite not launched

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Posted by john frum 2008-10-20 17:14|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Mr Hoodbhoy said if the SLV design and components are given to Pakistan, it will be able to construct one, but to manufacture something from its own engineering and technical resources seems impossible.

The same applied to nuclear weapons and their delivery systems.

Neither Pakistan nor North Korea has yet manufactured a tractor, or a high speed lathe.

Without extensive Chinese help, in violation of the Non Proliferation Treaty, neither country would be nuclear armed.

Posted by john frum 2008-10-20 17:19|| 2008-10-20 17:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm confused. Pakistan is due to go broke in two months or so, they are in the midst of a food shortage, and they want to spend money and effort to develop spy satellites? Perhaps if their physicists were not concerned with calculating the power and velocity of djinns at the moment of observation, I would be more sanguine that it was not a total waste of too-scarce resources.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-20 18:05|| 2008-10-20 18:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Pakistan was meant to the dominant power on he Indian subcontinent. India was supposed to break up into many pieces with Pakistan, and it army, ruling the roost.

In the words of Ayaz Amir, the purpose of Pakistan was for Indian muslims to relive the days of their lost glory.

Pakistan must therefore be the equal, if not the better of India. If not, the very creation of Pakistan was for nothing.

Tomorrow an Indian rocket will attempt to launch a probe into lunar orbit. With Pakistan unable to even launch a microsatellite into earth orbit, this will be the cause of great anguish in Pakistan.

Posted by john frum 2008-10-20 18:15|| 2008-10-20 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 DirectTV, sooth the savage breast.

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-10-20 19:31|| 2008-10-20 19:31|| Front Page Top

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