There has been no headway in the acquisition of sophisticated technology for aerial surveillance since no developed country is willing to share it with the country, according to a written reply submitted to the Senate by Minister for Defence Production, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.
The statement came at a time when the Pakistani establishment is in the process of securing drone technology from the US and demanding an end to drone strikes in the tribal belt. Pakistan Air Force had claimed that it had test-fired anti-drone technology in collaboration with the state defence corporation. Elahi’s predecessor Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi had also stated that the PAF had developed pilotless drone aircraft on its own and was consulting with the Chinese to improve their capability.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2011.
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Yes Pak should get the tecnology fm China, Just like the locomotives that u have got, they look great but do not run for long.
A pakistani company is already involved in the development and export of drones from pakistan!!! It is unfortunate that we continue to ignore the efforts of the local companies in this regard. The video link for this is available on the website of TED Pakistan. There the speaker will tell u about the journey he took to indigenously develop drones in pakistan!!!! if u think drones are not the future then think again as they may be the most cost effective and deadly(plus dirty) new players in the modern warfare.
Yeah, forget the thousands of children suffering due to floods, we need the latest military toys more!
Pakistan has them already. They are parked at Shamsi Air base.
.........and consulting with the Chinese to improve their capability
@Zaid Hamid: May I add a few camels as well.
Imagine if the Political Parties in Karachi had drone technology!
@Zaid Hamid: you made mistake it has to be 10 white horses not ordinary.
Spy planes; no you need peace and cooling of period.
After OBL having been found in Pakistan's backyard and reluctance to commence operations in NW, US is unlikely to oblige since there are no free lunches and especially so for Pakistan now.
@Zaid Hamid: You mean give up Bangladesh(E Pakistan) & 90,000 Pak soldiers!!!
You have got to be kidding --- with all that is going on you expect the USA to provide you with some of their more advanced technology -- it's time to wake up and get a dose of reality.
Are nuclear weapons not good enough for you?
Precisely this is called 'Isolation'. Long live Pak policy of interfering another country in the name strategic depth.
Mard-e-Momin does not need Drones. Give us 10 horses and we will capture Delhi.
I hope some one reads history and learns from Russia and what happened in early 1990s. Mother Russia inspite of large armed forces and ICBM missiles broke up into 30 plus pieces. The break up by and large was due to economic collapse and break down of governance.
Pakistan should seriously introspect a little more. Does it believe any nation in its right mind will transfer drone technology to Pakistan? Even the Chinese will not do it.
What! not even the greatestest and the bestest friend China is ready to share its technology?
Drone technology leaked to TTP, Taliban, Al Qaida and so on is not a pleasant thought at all. On the bright side, by not having it to leak is actually in your favor. That would probably take relations to the point of no return and since ignorance is claimed in every such instance, it's sort of like looking out for an impulsive child that just doesn't know any better.
As for threats of shooting them down and working with China, what's new? The first is PR and the second is never realistic and/or even contradicted by China itself.
yes yes yes, stop begging others to give you their best.. starting working to develop your own best... We have all the will, resources, brains we need to get anything we want
US is using drones because we have allowed them to. If we shoot down drones, US will bring up their most sophisticated fighters and bombers which will leave PAF utterly clueless. My 8 year old nephew knows from wikipedia the capabilities of F-22 and B-2.
This is the most important million dollar investment pakistan need at the moment when cctv, drainage system, electricity ,gas and drinking water is a luxury .