Re: Pakistan to buy $1bn of Attack helicopters, missiles from USA
I’m not aware of a maintenance crisis for Saudi equipment…though a lack of (capable and competent) manpower may exists. Saudi Arabia is an important mention, as the theory goes that in the case of war (presumably with India), SA will lend PAK mid-air refueling craft, AWACS, possibly F-15s, etc.
Taliban and militancy is one threat, though talk of such advanced equipment for counter-insurgency is a bit high brow. It would be foolhardy to also not consider either belligerent neighbors, or industrialized nations manufacturing a cause for war, as other serious threats. We saw how Iraq played out.