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2008-04-30 India-Pakistan

US arms sale to Pak crosses $4.5 bn, report hints India may be target

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Posted by john frum 2008-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Their stock of Lee Enfield 303s is dedicated for Talibunny combat...

Posted by john frum 2008-04-30 06:52|| 2008-04-30 06:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope we've built in some fail-safe mechanisms to the higher tech part of these systems so they can't be reverse-engineered and/or used against us.

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-30 08:05|| 2008-04-30 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 #2 I hope we've built in some fail-safe mechanisms to the higher tech part of these systems so they can't be reverse-engineered and/or used against us. Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-30 08:05

Reverse-engineering is a lot harder than most people think, especially of US equipment. It takes a significant capability in metallurgy, electronics, ceramics, and a dozen other fields. It's not enough to have one or two people that know how to do this, it takes an indigenous industry that can duplicate what's done elsewhere. That's why the Chinese model of the T-72, the Mig-21, the Kilo submarine, and a dozen other weapons systems are inferior to the Russian-built models. They can duplicate the parts and pieces to a degree, but not with the sophistication of the original - at least, not yet. Pakistan may have the engineers, but not the mechanical capacity to duplicate US equipment.

While Pakistan doesn't have that capability, India probably does. At the same time, India is capable of designing, building, and equipping its military with locally-produced arms.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-30 14:12|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-30 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 This list does not include the 26 Bell 412 helicopters worth $ 235
26 helicopters for $235? Wow. That's a real bargain. Where do I get one?
(Yes, I realize it was probably supposed to be $235 million)

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-30 14:14|| 2008-04-30 14:14|| Front Page Top

#5 The Paks don't need to reverse engineer. They will give samples to the Chinese to study and reverse engineer.

Posted by ed 2008-04-30 15:24|| 2008-04-30 15:24|| Front Page Top

#6 IIRC they gave one F-16 in the 90s to China for reverse engineering. Also a tomahawk cruise missile that crashed.

The Chinese are having a devil of a time reverse engineering the stuff though. The Russian stuff is easier and the Chinese can't duplicate a lot of it - the Al-31 jet engines for example.

Posted by john frum 2008-04-30 17:05|| 2008-04-30 17:05|| Front Page Top

#7 US arms sale to Pak crosses $4.5 bn BILLION DOLLARS!

Of course I'm troubled as anyone giving/selling/trading PakLand anything up to and including instruction how to sharpen a knife.

Posted by RD">RD 2008-04-30 18:35|| 2008-04-30 18:35|| Front Page Top

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