Pakistan’s Costly Mistake in Defense Cooperation: The Kaan Fighter Jet Debacle
Recently, Pakistan stumbled—not in a major way, but it truly hurt. It shared its own JF-17 fighter jet technology with Turkey, hoping to collaborate with a fellow ally, only for Turkey to learn the technology and then steal away Indonesia’s once-secure, billion-dollar order. What Pakistan ended up with was a cold, hard fact: defense cooperation is not about making friends; it’s...