The Outsider Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/world/asia/22gates.html?ref=asia Terrible news from the Indian perspective - Pakistan continues to milk US. ISLAMABAD — The United States will provide a dozen unarmed aerial spy drones to Pakistan for the first time as part of an effort to encourage Pakistan’s cooperation in fighting Islamic militants on the Afghanistan border, American defense officials said Thursday. But Pakistani military leaders, rebuffing American pressure, said they planned no new offensives for at least six months. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who is in Pakistan on a two-day visit, disclosed plans for the drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, in an interview Thursday with a Pakistani television reporter. Asked if the United States planned to provide the Pakistani military with drones, something it has long requested, Mr. Gates replied, “There are some tactical U.A.V.’s that we are considering, yes.” Other Defense Department officials later confirmed that the United States was making such an offer. Shortly before Mr. Gates’s remarks, the chief spokesman of the Pakistani Army indicated that the army would not begin any assault against militants in the tribal region of North Waziristan for 6 to 12 months, pushing back against calls by the United States to root out militants staging attacks along the Afghan border. American defense officials said that the drones would be for use in Pakistan’s tribal areas and would be restricted to defensive rather than offensive operations. One major concern for the American military is the possibility that Pakistan could use the drones against India, its archrival in the region.
Desi Cartman Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 All this milking will result in Pakistan cuming on america's face one day.
Clarke Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 unarmed drones is not a big thing .. both India & Pakistan make them. The American ones must be much better in terms of surveillance, but the real deal is the one with the missiles.
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