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2005-03-25 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-03-25 1:21:40 PM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't believe this crap. I am not going to be convinced until the Pakis get physical delivery. Bush is pretty intelligent and he's got a trick up his sleeve. I don't think the Paki's will ever see the actual shipment.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-03-25 2:10:12 PM|| 2005-03-25 2:10:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 There are base-model F-16s and there are the fully-equipped versions. I suspect that Pakistan gets the model with the stick shift, the bench seats, and the AM radio.

Posted by Tom 2005-03-25 2:14:01 PM|| 2005-03-25 2:14:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush is pretty intelligent and he's got a trick up his sleeve.

He said we'd sell them the planes. He never mentioned anything about spare parts.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-03-25 2:23:26 PM|| 2005-03-25 2:23:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They will be the C/D models. Pakistan received 40 A/Bs in the 1980s. India's AF outnumbers the Paks by more than 2:1 and even greater in quality. All this does is slow for a little while the divergence in numbers and quality wrt India.

Posted by ed 2005-03-25 3:16:15 PM|| 2005-03-25 3:16:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 As far as I'm concerned, there's still this nagging problem named "A.Q. Khan" that needs to be resolved...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-25 3:23:50 PM|| 2005-03-25 3:23:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Wonder if these will be equipped with the remote controlled ejection seats?

Posted by Steve 2005-03-25 3:54:01 PM|| 2005-03-25 3:54:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "Ideal for Cluster bomb use! Think Balochistan!"

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-25 4:03:59 PM|| 2005-03-25 4:03:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 They'll be on the dock waiting to ship... there's just that little matter of the delivery of OBL's head on a platter.

Posted by DO 2005-03-25 4:35:53 PM|| 2005-03-25 4:35:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 It would be easy enough to put location emitters in the things, maybe even connected to the Black Box -- not likely Pakistani mechanics would notice the anomaly. And maintenance is always an issue in that part of the world, even when parts are available.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-25 5:21:23 PM|| 2005-03-25 5:21:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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