MULTAN, Jan 30th:" we have a capability to fall down the drones and we have completed recently our experiments and exercises to shoot down the drones,"said federal minister for defence production Sardar Abdul Qayyum KHan Jatoi while addressing a press conference here on Saturday noon.He said that we would be forced to shoot down the drones if United states does not stop drone attacks in Pakistani territory for our sovereignty .The Minister said that Pakistan had developed an impressive capability to design and build drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), some of which are being used to spy on al Qaeda and Taliban militants and listen in on their phone calls. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) currently fields two UAV squadrons and has plans to boost the number up to six.
In addition to the Bravo+ UAV, which, according to PAF chief Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, has been built indigenously, the air force will also receive the Falco UAV produced by SelexGalileo of Italy. The two systems will be used mainly for aerial reconnaissance and information gathering, although the PAF will later also induct UAVs equipped with weapon systems to carry out offensive operations.He said that Pakistan had developed JF-17 (Thunder) recently which replace the F-7, Mirage III/5 and Q-5. He lashed out at MIan Nawaz Sharif for opposing the Asif Zardari Government and said that Nawaz SHarif and his party were involved in attacking the Superme Court but now they became champion of judiciary and justice