Re: F-16's, submarines, and frigates
Dude, What about the port of Karachi, and later the port of Gawadar? India put a blockade on the Karachi port in the last big war from what I hear... Pakistan simply cant afford to be defensless. Indians could be our best friends, but global politics means no one is anyones friend or enemy, so we have to prepare for the worst and that mean preparing for any potential threat, not just from India, but any other regional force including China, and the US... India has the potential to be, if not dominant, then strong regional player, which may or may not be of any concern to us, but we should prepare for any eventuality. Its sort of the way India keeps a close eye on its western border even though Pakistan is really not a threat. Just preparing for any eventuality.
My argument was not about pakistan being defenceless or not defenceless. You can spend as much as you want on military, whether on individual soldier or on some other thing. All i was telling that, argument of indian navy expanding in indian ocean shouldn't mean anything to pakistan. But yes, indian navy expanding in indian ocean does mean it is growing stronger in arabian sea also.