Re: FC-1 / Super 7 / JF-17
Frankly victora l find you insulting, to the entire concept of development.
l wouldn,t need to prove my ability to someone of your standard.
Pakistan has no Phd's... oh please !
Pakistan doesn,t have the ability to develop.......etc ! ( well my friend, ever heard of the hatf missiles, the gahuri, bakhtr shikan tank missiles, anza SAM's, Al-kahlid battle tanks, zarar vehicles, the numerous small arms pakistan develops..... and do you know what, their all made and produced in pakistan, gees l thought we were still traveling on donkeys in pakistan )
Oh yeah, by god we have nukes as well ! Amazing isn,t it victora. l,m sure we didn,t by them off the shelf.
lf you understood you would not have made such rude and biased comments.
Oh yeah... Do you know what centrifuge technology is. lf you don,t then read it up. lts currently at an advanced stage in pakistan, the numerous scientists in pakistan ( Phd,s ) are sought after for assisstance by countries such as poland, north korea, indonesia, malaysia, iran and saudi. Not bad for a donkey riding nation.
Regarding lndia:- well yes they are ahead of us at this moment in time simply due to their large economy and vast resources.
l don,t recall any indian discovering the computer or software, but look where they are now..... surely they didn,t start from scratch by first building a computer then developing software and so on.
lts simple... import and purchase what you don,t have or can,t develop then research and develop further to what your resources allow. You don,t pick up a text book and become a doctor from scratch, tutoring and being taught is the key, l don,t see no harm in the chinese or others teaching us.
WE didn,t research and develop the saab plane, but instead bought the rights off sweden and now this has transpired into the super mushak, which is now fully indiginous. Gees not bad for a donkey riding nation.
The very same principle will follow with the JF-17, pakistan in years to come will have the full resources to develop and manufacture the entire plane on its own, as it seems china will only have limited use for the plane.
Now regarding pakistan... well it is a poor nation, but at least their trying.
lndia has alot more poverty than pakistan. Even in the USA, 20% of the people live under the poverty line. This is mean,t to be the largest economy in the world.
Pakistan now exports around $100million of arms every year (pakistan defence.com, janes weapons database) and will almost double by the end of 2005. Not to say how much they save by not importing such weapons.
Not bad for a donkey riding nation.
Please refer to the various pakistan arms development factories and plants before making such rude and biased comments.