In November 2008, the chief of the Pakistan Air Force told reporters that his forces are fully capable of shooting down the American drones but it was the responsibility of the government to decide whether the drone attacks were stopped through diplomacy or military engagement.
2008年11月，巴基斯坦空軍首席向記者表示，他的部隊完全有能力擊墜美國無人機；但這也是政府的責任，以決定對無人機的反擊是藉由外交手段或軍事行動的方式中止。