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To tell you the truthe you gentlemen make a lot of sense. If you go to pakdef, you will see several of my posts in favour of acquiring UAE and Qatari Mirages. Problems is that decision are many times made by people who have absolutely no idea as to what is best. That is the reason that Chiefs...

Mastan Khan Saheb, I am really touched by your sense of frustration and your love for Pakistan and its security and integrity. May God bless you. There seems to be some serious misunderstandings that I like to address: 1. Mirage 2000 deal for 32 copies had actually climbed to $4...

Mastan Khan Saheb, Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate them. I may state thet I always liked Mirages and would have loved them being part of PAF. M2-K was an extremely expensive gift What you may have heard that Pakistan had a better chance of acquiring them during BB's Government but...

Just a clarification. All F-16 A/B that PAF received were upgraded to OCU standard and they received the Falcon-UP structural modification upgrade as well during late 1980s..

Bhai! will you pay $90 million for a 12 year old airframe with 12 year old engines and 12 year old capabilities. Mirage-2000 is a wonderful aircraft but does it have AESA or DRFM which F-16 Block-50/52 will not have either. What F-16s come with are the latest and uptodated equipment and a brand...

Pakistan will buy whatever version comes close to providing capabilities that PAF wants and needs. May that is the reason that the version it needs was not available. Aircrafts are not something that you can pick up off the shelf. Also the first production goes to PLAAF. What Pakistan really...

Correct. It does mean impacting aircraft's forebody and center fuselage as well redesigning of weapons bay etc. And that can be really costly. In case of F-16 the DSI was tested by making changes on a single F-16 Block-30 aircraft and then klessons learned were incorporated in the design of the...

Good answer. Let me also add a little bit more information on DSI. This technology was first tested on F-16 and it really created unbelievable results which were later introduced on F-35. When flying at high to supersonic speeds, aircrafts use heavy and expensive equipment/approaches to...

That is the correct assumption according to popular belief. But some news from a credible indicates that it may turn out to be a completely different engine. I do not know what they are testing in China but it is not WS-10A. Time will tell what is in works.

Engine may become an issue but PAF and China are deligently working on it. It may a different engine than the AL-31FN. Will be interesting to see what they comeup with, but it will be a non-russian soursed.

Thanks Araz Saheb. Are you sure he is my course/badgemate? Give me more info about him. Alzheimer is probably setting in and I have trouble remembering sometimes. I will be glad to talk to him. Best regards. I am enjoying this forum and will inshallah contribute in future. Regards/

I just happened to visit your forum It is quite informative and a very good discussion going on. I also saw my name mentioned here. Thanks!. I like to say that I usually do not post anything that can have an adverse effect on the safety and security of Pakistan, nor I post anything secret...