Fahad

Dreams; Tennis; Horses; Dogs; Fighter Jets
“Most precious thing we have in life is time, so any time you spend worrying about something, get rid of it.” -Aggasi

[Deepcosmoss @Deepcosmoss]

Bir saniye dur

Samanyolu 200 bin ışık yılı çapında ve içinde 100 milyardan fazla yıldız var her birinin etrafında gezegenler dönüyor ve biz bunlardan sadece birinin üstündeyiz şimdi sana paradoks değil ama düşündüğüm bir şey söyleyeceğim

Bir insan ömrü ortalama 28 bin gün

Evrende ışık hızı yılda yaklaşık 10 trilyon kilometre ama biz bu hıza ulaşamıyoruz en hızlı aracımız saatte 60 bin kilometreden fazla gidemiyyor bu ne demek biliyor musun

En yakın yıldız sistemi olan alfa centauri 4.3 ışık yılı uzaklıkta ve ışığın oraya ulaşması 4.3 yıl sürüyor bizim teknolojimizle oraya gitmek 70 bin yıl sürer

Yani büyük büyükannelerin doğduğunda yola çıksan torunlarının torunlarının torunları oraya varır ve onlar da muhtemelen uzayda doğar ölür

Şimdi paradoks burada başlıyor Evrendeki en hızlı şey ışık ama insan bu hıza ulaşamıyor yani evren bize sonsuz bir manzara sunuyor ama biz bu manzaranın sadece yüzde birini görebiliyoruz

Şöyle düşün bir balığın okyanusun dibinden gökyüzüne bakması gibi suyun yüzeyini görür ama onun ötesini hayal bile edemez biz de evrenin yüzeyinden bakıyoruz ve onun ötesinde ne olduğunu sadece matematik ile tahmin edebiliyoruz

Ama kısım şu değil

Sen şu an bu yazıyı okurken dünya kendi ekseni etrafında saatte 1670 kilometre hızla dönüyor güneşin etrafında saatte 107 bin kilometre hızla ilerliyor galaksinin etrafında saniyede 250 kilometre hızla savruluyor ve biz tüm bunları hissetmiyoruz

Bu bir paradoks değil mi

Hareket ediyoruz ama sabitiz dönüyoruz ama dengede duruyoruz var oluyoruz ama farkında değiliz evren bu kadar hareket halindeyken biz bunca sakiniz

Bence insanın büyüklüğü burada

Evrendeki her şey hareket halinde ama bilinç sahibi olan tek şey insan bu yüzden evrenin yolcuları değiliz gözlemcileriyiz biz yıldızları seyreden ama onlar tarafından hissedilmeyen bir türüz

Belki de şu değil neden buradayız daha çok burada olduğumuzu bu kadar az hissetmemizdir

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Carry on, boys (and girls!) 💪🇺🇸🔥

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Two EA-18G Growlers crashed today following a midair collision at the Gunfighter Skies Airshow at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. All pilots appear to have ejected safely.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

View of landing at Skardu Airport (OPSD) located in the Himalayan mountain range, Pakistan.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
I warmly welcome the sagacious gesture and extend deepest gratitude to the leadership of both the countries and invite their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes.
Both parties have displayed remarkable wisdom and understanding and have remained constructively engaged in furthering the cause of peace and stability. We earnestly hope, that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days!

@realDonaldTrump
@JDVance
@SecRubio
@SteveWitkoff
@SEPeaceMissions
@drpezeshkian
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@araghchi

[Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50]

There has been unnecessary speculation in the media regarding peace talks to end ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In reality, US-Iran indirect talks are taking place through messages being relayed by Pakistan. In this context, the United States has shared 15 points, being deliberated upon by Iran.

Brotherly countries of Turkiye and Egypt, among others, are also extending their support to this initiative.

Pakistan remains fully committed to promoting peace and continues to make every effort to ensure stability in the region and beyond.

Dialogue and Diplomacy is the only way forward!

@SecRubio
@araghchi
@SteveWitkoff

[Omar Sakr @omarsakrpoet]

They gang-raped a Palestinian so brutally he was hospitalised. They did it on camera. When footage leaked, and the rapists were arrested, Israelis rioted to protect them. They said they had the right to rape. The Israeli lawyer who leaked the footage was arrested. This is Israel.

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

This is a crazy story.

One Kuwaiti pilot shot down three american fighter jets.

[Mubashir Zaidi @xadeejourno]

Musharraf Zaidi gave a befitting response to Aljazeera's biased reporting in favor of Taliban #AfghanistanPakistanWar

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

2/ Specifically under the 1949 Geneva Convention:

"Rule 47. Attacking persons who are recognized as hors de combat is prohibited. A person hors de combat is:...

(b) anyone who is defenceless because of unconsciousness, shipwreck, wounds or sickness...

[Usman @usman_cph]

Written by Wg Cdr (retd.) Perci Virji ex PAF:

The news of an Indian Air Force Tejas crashing during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Air Show is heartbreaking beyond words. Aerobatics are flown on the razor’s edge of the flight envelope—where skill, courage, and precision exist in unforgiving margins. These are not stunts; they are acts of professional mastery, performed by men and women who accept personal risk in the service of national pride and technological confidence.

To the Indian Air Force and to the grieving family of the fallen airman: I offer my deepest and sincerest condolences. A pilot is not merely lost — a guardian of the sky is silenced.

What pains me further is the disgraceful reaction of a few on our side of the border who choose mockery over empathy. This is not patriotism; this is moral illiteracy. One may question policies, decisions, even doctrines — but never the courage of a fellow aviator doing his duty. He flew not for applause, but for his flag, just as we fly for ours. That deserves honour, not ridicule.

I too have lost brothers in uniform under similar unforgiving circumstances — Sherdil Leader Flt Lt Alamdar and Sqn Ldr Hasnat — men who lived and died at the far edge of performance. There are no nationalities in the moment an aircraft goes quiet. There is only loss, and a family left in shattered silence.

A true professional respects another professional. A true warrior salutes another warrior—even across enemy lines. Anything less stains our own uniform.

May the departed pilot find eternal blue skies beyond turbulence.
May his family find strength where words fail.
And may we, on both sides, find the maturity to honour courage — not mock its cost.

Photo Wg Cdr Perci (PAF)

[Clash Report @clashreport]

BREAKING: An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show.

[Tomi 🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 @TallbarFIN]

German Air Force Commander Neumann and Japanese Air Force Commander Morita shake hands on the open tail ramp of a Luftwaffe Airbus A400M transport aircraft.

Behind them: two Japanese F-15J Eagles and two German Eurofighters

Don't know why, but it's a freaking awesome picture 💯

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

The politicisation of military reporting is not new under Modi. It was first witnessed after the 2016 surgical strikes across the Line of Control, but the aftermath of the 2019 Balakot strikes provides a direct and exact parallel. Official claims about Balakot were later found, under independent scrutiny, to be exaggerated or unverifiable. In both cases, the blend of nationalistic messaging and ambiguous evidence produced short-term domestic political gains but long-term doubts about the reliability of official statements—even those coming from the top military leadership. This shows us what institutional incentives exist under the Modi regime. When political rewards are high for dramatic claims made by the military, and costs of spreading inaccurate information are mitigated later, the system is being designed for recurring deliberate misstatements.

Read the entire essay by @SushantSin on how the IAF chief’s unsubstantiated claims reflect a fusion between Modi’s politics and military messaging: https://t.co/AXvkYlOi6N #OperationSindoor #IAFChief

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

"If you don't like graffiti, look away like you do for genocide."

[Zayyan @MCIAZayyan]

I'm no expert in military aviation, but here's my take:

Meteor is an elite BVR missile & absolutely more advanced than the PL-15 if it's fired off... but that’s the key: it’s tied to India’s limited Rafale fleet. The No-Escape Zone on Meteor is unmatched. However, we must also consider...

The PL-15E that Pak is fielding on J-10C & JF-17 Block III isn't some gimmick. It likely outranges the Meteor. Now, add AESA radars, live data-linking, & real-time AWACS cueing into the mix... you’re not just looking at a long-range missile, you’re looking at a long-range missile ecosystem. Pakistan’s interoperability is superior to India’s, & that balance hasn't changed much since 2019.

When Astra Mk2 is fully operational & properly integrated, it still won’t match the PL-15E's upper-tier export variant in raw range... It's not even close. In fact, it’s a stretch to put any Indian missile in the same sentence as Chinese missiles. I'm not just talking range here, I'm talking about things like NEZ.

Meteor is elite but rare, Astra is a homegrown effort that lacks Chinese-level capability, & the "missile factory" Su-30 fleet is still flying with ageing Russian R-77s, many of which underperform even against older AMRAAMs. Pak’s F-16 Block 52s with AIM-120s still outrange most of India’s fleet, except Rafales. The Astra Mk2 might beat that, & Pakistan may have few F-16s with AIM-120s, but again, that's what the PL-15 is for...

But here’s the bigger point: it's not about the missile, it’s about the system that fires it...

India may have more jets, but outside of Rafales, most of its aircraft will not be dominant in an offensive against Pakistan. & when you zoom out, Pak is already upgrading JF-17s to Block III, is expected to eventually field multiple squadrons of J-10C, & will likely expand both. That gives Pakistan a growing numerical advantage in PL-15-capable platforms versus India’s limited Meteor fleet, even if India adds a few more Rafales.

So to summarise: Meteor has the best kill profile in the world, but Pak’s PL-15 fleet is/will be larger, more distributed, better networked, & more tactically flexible. It’s not just about what you shoot... it’s about how you build your air force around it.

[Zayyan @MCIAZayyan]

India (theoretically) buying new fighters like the Su-57 doesn’t change much. Remember, they bought Rafales hoping to close the gap but still showed they lack Pakistan’s kill-chain integration, which is what counted.

Yes, the Su-57 will bring a lower RCS and give access to long-range missiles (air to air, and air to ground) and decent sensors, but so did the Rafale, and that was supposed to dominate F-16s. Instead, it got smoked by the J-10C and accompanying systems. So expecting the Su-57 to fully turn the tide is wishful thinking.

You can throw any jet into that air force, and that jet alone won't be a game changer. Yes, any jet. It's not about the jet, it's about how those jets are used, even if the jet itself brings critical new capabilities.

Pakistan operates a much more fused kill-chain: AEW&C, EW, ISR, and BVR assets are coordinated under a single doctrine with real-time decision-making, and support from places. India, on the other hand, is flying aircraft with different radars, different missiles, different datalinks, from different countries, all patched together with an inconsistent doctrine. There is no seamless kill-chain, just a bunch of moving pieces that cannot talk to each other. In some cases in the past, those pieces cannot even talk to themselves in a language they understand.

The only guaranteed way to change this balance would be a full US pivot: F-35s, Wedgetails, and proper network-centric doctrine. But that means rewriting everything, not just their foreign policy but the structure of their military. The mainstay of their air force are those junk Su-30MKIs, and the S-400 is their top air defence system. Both showed they were not superweapons in isolation, far from it. And BOTH of those systems are already ineffective at talking to their auxiliary systems, AND to other Indian aerial assets, including their frontline fighter (Rafale). Can you see how difficult and expensive it is to get around this problem?

But, if I were the US, why would I give those systems to India, only for them to get cooked by the PAF when they get the J-35, KJ-500, and so on? Surely the aim would be to push India against China, and away from the border with Pakistan. But India should also realise those systems alone are not going to beat China. Nope. Don’t even think about it. What you’re really getting by pivoting would not be the equipment, it would be some US security in exchange for being a good little boy. In the meantime, go ahead and build those little AMCA things and stick a third engine on the Tejas.

Meanwhile, Pakistan is already fielding Chinese peer-level tech and is years into a system built on east–west fusion but now tilting more towards Chinese logic and tech, though not fully, and that is important to understand, and doing it without breaking compatibility with legacy Western-style tactics.

In simple terms: India can buy better jets and better support platforms, only by cucking to the US, but Pakistan is already fighting better wars. There is no other realistic path for India to match the future acquisitions of the J-35, KJ-500, and so on, in an already integrated kill-web anytime soon.

[Fahad @fadgillani]

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth
#PakistanAirForce

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मोदी जी, 5 जहाज़ों का सच क्या है?

देश को जानने का हक है!

[Ihtisham Ul Haq @iihtishamm]

PAF C-130 Hercules that has landed at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom just now to participate in the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2025 air show:

[Lt Gen H S Panag(R) @rwac48]

op-ed | Questions remain: The IAF’s hands were tied during Operation Sindoor - Telegraph India https://t.co/H3MuueJjat