Don’t use F-16s against India, US warns Pak

Last Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 14:18

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Don’t use F-16s against India, US warns Pak

Islamabad: The United States has put up stiff conditions on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, stipulating that they cannot be used against India in any future conflict.

Pakistan is slated to receive 18 F-16s from the US by the end of this month.

According to sources, the stipulations were laid down following New Delhi raising strong objections over Washington’s massive military support to Islamabad, during the recent strategic dialogue between the two nations.

During the strategic deliberations, the Obama administration assured India that it was taking steps to ensure that the military assistance being offered to Pakistan was not misutilised.

US Air Force engineers would accompany the F-16s and would supervise not only the airbase but also the operations to be carried out by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) against the Taliban and al Qaeda, The Nation reports.

The F-16s would land at Shahbaz Airbase in Jacoabad, which has been upgraded to make it conducive for operations of the advanced combat jets at a cost of over USD 500 million.

ANI

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First Published: Monday, June 14, 2010, 14:18

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pissed - on earth i think
well if any country leaders choose buying weapons rather than making a smart move to educate and reduce poverty of their people, do not deserve to be in power. look at india 120 f-16 while their people suffer in poverty. us government spending so much money on nasa while the public school suffer from lack funds to provide good education producing all the needed educated manpower.

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rohit - usa
let the right time come,india will beat pakistan and us both.

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Jazz - Halifax, Canada
why both the nations dont live like good neighbours. we should understand that both india and paksitan are being used by big powers. they create all the troubles b/w two nations and sell their weopons to make big money. instead of paying the money to them, we should use this money for health and education to have better life..
cheers

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Param - India
it is just a plan by us , a long term plan,
imagine indo pak conflict in the near future,
when the smaller one starts dominating (just in the beginning) india will need a better defense (which i think us has already made) and offer india to buy them instantly , india being geographically larger nation will need more of it =>larger deal = = more money
thus us got a way to cash indo pak relations by selling then their goods (got a way to get money from both sides) also emerging superpowers destroyed among themselves without the us spending even single a $ . among other effects will be brain drain from india at cheaper rates , no intelligent man would want to be in the middle of war.
thats pure business , the mba kind of stuff

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kunal gaur - New Delhi
it is a bilateral issue b/w us pak. we should not embarass us over it rather a similar deal without end use clause is what india should be lobbying for from us, after all india pak are nuclear capalble, f 16 is not going to shift power balance in favour of pak. also to remind india & russia joinlty have successfully developed equally capable stleath fighter which would soon be manufactured.

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Mukesh - New York
never beleive us one of the biggest lair in the world.

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Ram Sharma - USA
don’t use f-16s against india, us warns pak:

really ! i wonder if this piece of news should make iaf brass rejoice. these planes are not being given to pakis to ``hammer`` the paki taliban ``flies`` in waziristan. all this news about pakis killing hundreds of terrorists in the ``lawless`` regions of pakiland is just for american public consumption and nothing more. i am sure the us government knows the real truth. american supplied weapons including these planes are offensive weapons and they are meant to fight hindustan, let there be no mistake about it. alike past american presidents, obama is going to keep pakis as its toilet tissue to wipe its arse and pakis will continue to get free weapons in return.

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Saba - Hyd, Pak
pakistan is capable to face india withour f16 so dont worry pak have capability to face any chalange.
pakistan zindabad

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JITENDRA CHATURVEDI - DUBAI
the us has put up stiff conditions on the sale of f-16 fighter jets to pak, stipulating that they cannot be used against india in any future conflict.......(and now why should india not sale nuke bomb technology to iran, afghan, iraq, lanka, nepal with the same condition that they cannot be used against america ?)