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India-Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force chief orders U.S. drones to be shot down if they enter the country's airspace
2017-12-08
Shooting is easy. Hitting is a bit harder...
[DailyMail]
  • The Pakistan Air Force said it will shoot down any drone in its airspace including those of the United States

  • Announcement comes weeks after a US drone strike targeted a terrorist compound in the country’s tribal region near the Afghan border

  • Previous aerial attacks attracted warnings and condemnation

  • However this is the first time Pakistan has threatened to shoot down drones
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Should have done the Baluchistan gambit long ago.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-08 14:32  

#8  Need some drones with Wild Weasel mission load.
Posted by: 3dc   2017-12-08 14:09  

#7  As if it is so easy to figure out "U.S." drone from "Somebody else's" drone.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-12-08 12:28  

#6  perhaps we need to hit the "off switch" on their jets once in a while to remind them of who's a superpower and who's a failed state with pretensions
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-08 09:49  

#5  ..or a public signing of a defense treaty with India. (after Jerusalem you think they'd pay attention to the man in the WH)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-12-08 09:29  

#4  Support Balochistan independence.
Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini4506   2017-12-08 07:43  

#3  A credible threat of retaliation should work, magpie.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-08 03:33  

#2  After we laugh, consider exactly how any US forces can be supplied in Afghanistan. How any airplane flies there. If we should need to do a Saigon-style evacuation where would it go.
Then it gets less and less amusing.
Posted by: magpie   2017-12-08 02:47  

#1  Do we have drones with an air-to-air loadout? I see the possibility for some serious entertainment.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-12-08 00:41  

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