Last week’s shoot-down of an Indian MiG-21 by the Pakistani Air Force has drawn the attention of the United States, as the administration is now asking whether or not US-made warplanes sold to Pakistan were used in the incident, potentially violating agreements about how the jets would be used.
India is insisting that Pakistan definitely violated their deal with the US, and shot down the MiG-21 with F-16 jets. India has also claimed that US-made missiles were fired in the shoot down.
Pakistan denies that this is the case, however, and the Pakistani Air Force does have other planes capable of carrying out these attacks. Chinese media have speculated that it was a Chinese-made JF-17 that actually shot down the MiG-21.
One retired Pakistani Air Force Air Marshall, Shahid Latif, who was project director for Pakistan’s JF-17 joint production project claimed that the jets were responsible for shooting down the Indian jets.
So whats the big deal?
What about ALL the planes and weapons sold to the UAE and Saudi Arabia used to kill children and women in YEMEN?
The US is hoping to use India against China. It is also trying to get India deeper into Afghanistan.
and let’s not forget the only “democracy in the ME”–Israel.
It more of the US doesn’t want to be embarrassed of the weakness of their warplanes. In this case a Russia built jet knocking out a still active one.
Actually, skunk-works quietly hopes that their F-planes (no pun intended) will never see combat, so it cant be proven that their military hardware is crap and that’s what your tax dollars have been wasted on!
lol What is the point of Pakistan buying jet unless they are going to be used against India?
lol What is the point of Pakistan buying jets unless they are going to be used against India?
Speedy crop dusting?
Logic is never one of an Empire’s strong points.