Pakistan misled US about F-16 target country
- 5 years ago
The report in the Sunday Guardian mentions that how Pakistan could be sharing the f-16 specs with china and it says that the jury is out on whether china scanned the f-16 to produce f-17s.
16 multiple members of the United States congress had expressed their serious concerns over the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan while discussing the issue in 2006.
These concerns included the possibility of Pakistan using the aircraft, which it had sought ostensibly for anti-terror activities, against India including for carrying nuclear weapons.
The lawmakers had opposed the sale of the aircraft also on the ground that Pakistan, once it possessed these aircraft, would share information about its avionics with China.
The report also says there is no doubt over the fact that Pakistan’s effort to buy the f-16 in the 2000s was not in line with the focus to eliminate terror camps, rather it was bought to target INDIA, as recent incidents have shown.
16 multiple members of the United States congress had expressed their serious concerns over the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan while discussing the issue in 2006.
These concerns included the possibility of Pakistan using the aircraft, which it had sought ostensibly for anti-terror activities, against India including for carrying nuclear weapons.
The lawmakers had opposed the sale of the aircraft also on the ground that Pakistan, once it possessed these aircraft, would share information about its avionics with China.
The report also says there is no doubt over the fact that Pakistan’s effort to buy the f-16 in the 2000s was not in line with the focus to eliminate terror camps, rather it was bought to target INDIA, as recent incidents have shown.