Can you please come off your high horse and start acting like a forum member rather than some teacher beating up small children. It is not appreciated. We have knowledgeable members as wdll as young ones. Your manerism will discourage the young ones from asking questions and learning.
For the question of JFT yes it is not ideal for naval warfare but when you dont have anything else you do what you can. You have also very conveniently forgotten the AAR for JFT which will increase its loitering time as well as range. Modern day A2S missiles also have become more accurate and lethal thereby reducing the need for having a bomb truck.
You have also alluded to the F22 but not realized what the dilemma/for PN was. What other platforms were eing sold around that time? And which ones were open for PN to buy? The chinese were not willing to sell us 054 at that time and there was no mature VLS bearing platform that could have been acquired without breaking the bank, which may I remind you did not have access to either. 22s hqve a plan for upgrade but you are well aware of the complications of this endeavour. So give it some time and see what PN does. PN is not going to pitch its surface fleet against the might of IN but rely on subsurface assets apong with air assets.
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A
Hi Araz, thank you for telling me to get off my high horse. Not sure if that helps this conversation. We have a professional who demonstrably does not know the basics of naval warfare making broad statements and when disagreed - claims my statements are like Indian statements.
If you look at his posts (and I can quote them extensively if you like), he demonstrates he has no idea about basic PN requirements, basic ideas about SLOCs. I've politely tried to explain them but his reaction has been ad hominem.
An educated person is one who knows the limits of their knowledge. This professional doesn't. He makes factually inaccurate statements and claims PN is so superior professionally to the IN that massive disparity in forces would allow PN to overcome them.
Yet, he is not even a naval officer. And if hypothetically he was, how can a PN officer know how professional or unprofessional the IN is? This whole conversation ends up in ridiculous absurdity.
Saying Pakistani naval warships today are not outgunned - is childish. It shows that this PA former officer is not professional and does not have a grip on reality. Which itself is evidence contrary to the one he is making - that Pak armed forces are so professional that even after being massively outnumbered and outgunned as the PN is - they can somehow pull of an upset.
If Pak military officers are a reflection of this kind of childish mindset, one can only pray for the next war. Sun Tzu states:
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
Where does that leave Pakistan armed forces professionalism?
Instead of telling me to get off my high horse and me telling you to get off your high horse, why not have a constructive, pleasant conversation like mature adults? Rather accusations of sounding like an Indian statement or weak convictions that elicit emotional responses.
