U.S. State Department reprimanded Pakistan for using F-16 and AIM-120 against India

The former U.S. undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs had written a letter to Pakistan Air Force chief in August on violating the terms and conditions in the F-16 Letter of Offer and Acceptance by Pakistan.

Pakistani F-16
United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Andrea Thompson said that during the February skirmish with India, Pakistan should not have relocated the F-16s and AIM-120 missiles to locations not approved under the original terms of the sale.

“Such actions could subject sensitive U.S.-technologies to diversion to or access by third parties, and could undermine our shared security platforms and infrastructures,” Thompson wrote.

Thompson did not mention the shooting down of a Indian MiG-21 by Pakistan F-16 as this will trigger formal procedures to reprimand the country for violating the terms of sale.

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