Islamabad, Sept 22: Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf has claimed that his country made better battle
tanks and fighter planes than India and said Islamabad would
soon start mass production of high-standard tanks.
"We have developed a tank al-Khalid which India failed to
match"," Musharraf told a gathering of Pakistani community
in New York last night, soon after his arrival there to attend
the UN General Assembly session.
Pakistan would soon start mass production of the
al-Khalids, which can be compared with any top tank of the
world, he said.
Speaking about the new Jet Fighter JF-17 thunder, jointly
developed with China, Musharraf said it would form the
backbone of the Pakistan Air Force. India has been working on
its light combat aircraft for the last seven-eight years, he
said.
Pakistan was fully capable to meet any military challenge
-- conventional or otherwise, he was quoted as saying by
Pakistan's official news agency.
Bureau Report
