Janes Defence Weekly reported on the Luna to Pakistan deal on March-07/2006; here is the sample:
Pakistan opts for European UAVs
Pakistan is acquiring two types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from foreign suppliers to enhance its surveillance capabilities, while continuing local development efforts. The army...
07-Mar-2006
We are aware that Janes is perhaps the most credible defence-related resource next to official government statements, correct?
Now I'm going to do some inferences here, because "Luna" isn't physically written in either article I posted, I will take some news from as far back as 2005. And here is the
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Now unless someone actually does post the entire Janes article; we will leave the Luna news as ambigious. Because there are considerably strong chances that the Luna is in the article somewhere (I used the search system on Janes and typed Luna...and look what
. So unless someone can prove that Pakistan did or did not sign for the Luna through Janes or an updated government resource; the entire affair is ambigious.
Regarding the submarines, I have a source from a
newspaper; you may use babelfish to translate it, but here is an interesting sample from the article:
The Marlin project answers in a precise way an official request of Pakistan which wants, by acquiring 3 to 5 buildings, to continue its effort of equipment after the purchase of three Agosta submarines in France in 1994 per 820 million euros. The Spaniards and the Germans are already on the rows.
And here is a quote from the Janes article which followed a little bit after La-Tribune's reports;
It is understood that the Pakistan Navy, which decommissioned all four of its ageing Hangor-class submarines on 2 January, is now planning to acquire three to five additional modern boats for delivery from 2013-14.
La Tribune reports that German (Howaldtswerke Deutsche-Werft) and Spanish (Navantia) submarine builders have also been asked to submit proposals to meet the requirement.
Regarding the Eurofighter news, I believe it is highly premature and official negotiations for such an aircraft (if they will occur) will not happen before 2009; the same applies to the 3-5 submarine requirement.
