Oppose Advanced Weapons Sales to Pakistan
 

By the laws of entropy, to prevent the moslem world to gain access to nuclear weapons is impossible in sight due to the constant technological development which in it's time would give small groups the opportunity to cheaply obtain weapons of mass destruction.

The roots of islamic terrorism are a mixture of revanschism, frustration [with authoritarian and corrupt regimes] and high unemployment in these countries. They would most likely not as a whole be able to westernise themselves, and they do not want to westernise themselves.

And the world would look quite boring if everything looked like the USA.

i totally agree. also that missile can also get a datalink via sattellite awac, ground based radar or the SU 30MKI (one of the worlds excellent fighters with the added advantage of ultra long radar) hence delay the activation of its built in radar till the last possible moment, drastically increasing the element of surprise.

as for the runway cratering thing, indi has tasked its short range, rapid reaction missiles for this task, especially the "Prithvi"(earth) series of missiles, which are land/sea/air mobile
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/Prithvi.html

also, India has the latest russian air to air IR missiles and also the Israeli Python 4 and 5 missiles.
http://www.defense-update.com/products/s/spyder.htm

I don't think the sale makes any difference in balance of power. IAF already bases singaporean F-16-blk 52 squadron in Kalaikunda AFB for this express purpose http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/clap.gif