[DAWN] Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Thursday warned that the violators of Pakistain's airspace will not be spared ‐ be it an enemy aircraft or a US drone.Speaking at the opening ceremony of Air Tech Conference and Techno Show in Islamabad, the air chief said: "We will soon launch a new satellite [...] the country will be able to send astronauts into space within next two years."
We are also working on unmanned drones and a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be manufactured in next 18 months, he told the audiences.
Aman said that when the United States drones had violated the Pak airspace, the air force had told the US authorities that their drones would be knocked down if they entered the country's airspace again.
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"We had also knocked down an Iranian drone in Pak territory," he said, adding that any flying object tracked on radar while violating the national borders, will not be able to go back.
Aman, however, asserted that a war with the US would not be in the favour of the country.
Talking about the regional situation, he said the country cannot change its neighbours. "India, China, Afghanistan, and Iran are our neighbours and will remain."
What was done in Iraq and Lybia in the name of democracy is open to all to ponder upon, he said and remarked that no one can impose the democracy of its own will on anyone.