Brig Ali planned attack on(Pakistani Army)GHQ with F-16 plane

The Nation ^ | 3/2/2012 | The Nation Monitoring

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Brigadier Ali Khan, currently facing court martial for alleged links with the banned Hizbut Tahrir, had conspired with an air force pilot to bomb the General Headquarters with an F-16 jet during a conference of the corps commanders, reported BBC on Thursday.

Brig Ali Khan was arrested last year on suspicion of having contacts with the Hizbut Tahrir.

He has been accused of trying to stage a rebellion against the government and planning an attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. His family has denied the charges.

Major Suhail Akbar, a prosecution witness, said in his statement that Khan and some members of Hizbut Tahrir had told him that an F-16 combat jet would be used to target the army headquarters during a conference of corps or formation commanders.

Akbar said in his written statement to a military court that an F-16 pilot at a military airbase near Rawalpindi was persuaded to carry out the attack.

Akbar further said Khan also had plans to target an ‘American-controlled airbase’ in Pakistan and installations of the Blackwater security company with an F-16, BBC Urdu reported.

Akbar admitted that he had been meeting Hizb members for seven years. He claimed Khan was present at a meeting of Hizbut Tahrir members in July 2010.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

This is why I’m so glad we sold them the F-16’s with the secret remote kill switch. Jeezus - separating the trustworthy from the untrustworthy over there is just about impossible.

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The issue should be is whether in such a mode these F-16s may be able to infect other data linked platforms.

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The F-16 can be compromised by the plane’s satellite receiver on the tail of the plane.Any party that controls the GPS transmission can scramble anything it wants into the aircraft’s receiver. This can simple be a passive activation of a hidden trigger.

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You can do the same thing to a JF-17

[El Gato]

separating the trustworthy from the untrustworthy over there is just about impossible.

A little editorial assistance. I think it's more accurate with the stricken out words removed.

[PGR88]

The US should have a policy of dismembering Pakistan into its tribal/ethnic/religious groups. The danger of it collapsing is less than the danger of keeping it as is.

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The biggest problem for the United States is securing Pakistans nuclear weapons.

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Before we consider dividing it up, is getting those nukes out

[PGR88]

nothing from Pakistan is allowed into the USA - no products, no people.

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I agree with that.

[Kickass Conservative]

The joke I heard back in 60’s about Vietnam went something like this:

To win the war, you evacuate all the South Vietnamese you trust and put them on a ship.

Then you carpet bomb every square inch from the Southern tip of South Vietnam to the Northern Border of North Vietnam.

Then you torpedo the ship.

Not in good taste, but it was told by many of my older Brother's friends that served over there.

It was a joke then. When it comes to the Mid East Arabic Countries, it wouldn't be a joke, it would be the reality. You can't trust a one of them. I feel for our Brave Men and Women who can't turn their backs on our Military “allies” in those Godforsaken places.

[Kickass Conservative]

Geez, MIDDLE EAST. I’ve had a long day...

[ravager]

From where and how exactly do you come to know if a airborne Pakistani pilot on a routine mision has suddenly gone rogue? How much reaction time do you think you have to locate and identify the rogue Pakistani pilot before the pilot launches the payload at the target? From where and how exactly do you deploy the kill switch? And what makes you sure that Pakistanis have not been able to deactivate the kill switch ...perhaps with a little Chinese help.

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According to software point of view, a kill switch cannot just turn of the systems of an aircraft when airborne. It could cause a crash. Rebooting isn’t easy in air. One more thing to consider is that all systems are tested prior to take off and ammunitions updated in the aircraft’s digital inventory.

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According to software point of view, a kill switch cannot just turn of the systems of an aircraft when airborne. It could cause a crash. Rebooting isn’t easy in air. One more thing to consider is that all systems are tested prior to take off and ammunitions updated in the aircraft’s digital inventory.

[ravager]

None of that answers the questions I asked.

[U-238]

Those all hypothetical questions. I do not have the answer to that.

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Those are all psychological questions. I only can answer the technical questions.

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I have never heard of any Western pilot “going rogue” in any Western Air Force. I am pretty sure that the flight surgeon awould pick that up and have that pilot immediately removed.