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What makes you think they won't? The chinese HQ-9 (FD-2000) still lacks the range of S-300 PMU2 but is at par or greater then the PMU1 according to some sources. Its already available for export so the possibility of us buying it or an enhanced version of it is good.

They are coming from Ukraine.

I think even this block will have it i.e the planes that will be produced now while the SBP might also be fitted with them at a later stage.

As munir said, with air-to-air refulling you can keep your fighter in the air for longer period of time even when it is patrolling along its own borders (ie. within pakistan). Secondly, it stresses the aircraft more if you take off with maximum load. So you take off with lesser load and...

I hope so. More importantly, we should get our original 14 F-16s that are with the USN.

May God bless the departed martyr's soul IIRC, we had 32 and US provided 14 of our originally purchased aircrafts making it 46. Now one lost so that makes it 45. 2 or 4 ( I dont remember, but I think it is 4) of them are in USA to undergo MLU feasibility so we have 41/43 in Pakistan.

The first JF-17s that flew in pakistani airspace on the occasion of 23rd march were built in China and brought in semi-knocked down state. They were re-assembled and painted in pakistan/china colors and flown on 23rd march, 2007. Then in Jan 2008, Kamra started limited batch production. Here...

Sorry to be a party pooper but WTH is this thread doing in Military Aviation Sub-Forum?

Submarine, aircraft needed, says naval chief ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in negotiations with Germany to acquire submarines and aircraft to fulfil the its navy’s needs, the marine force’s chief Admiral Noman Bashir said on Saturday. Talking to the media after a convocation ceremony in...

PT-1 and PT-4: courtesy CDF

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I would like to suggest that we make a "Airforce News" or "PAF News" thread (and maybe sticky it) instead of making new threads for every piece of information.

Lease contracts are signed with other airlines not with manufacturers. So it should be a buy.

We have 32 +14 = 46 F-16s with us and we are buying 35 MLU kits. Although the news suggests that more MLU kits could be bought, but I haven't heard anything of it yet.

pretty much yes. F-16 gifted to pakistan? when did that happen? Thrust vectoring can outmaneuver anything that flies? O really? US called India for exercise so they can call them a Super Power? :lol: funny he didn't mention what the USAF thought of Indian pilots in their Su-30MKIs at...

Even if it cannot jam the electronics...against the F-22 everyone else is under threat :lol:

Made in Pakistan Although drone technology exists in Pakistan, there are no efforts underway to produce weaponised drones that could rival the US Predator. By Shahzeb Shaikha It would come as a surprise to most Pakistanis that the country has an indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Well the 32 planes are after the crashes and cannibalization. My guess is that some of them are too old to undergo STAR upgrade. Remember that the STAR upgrade is a structural upgrade and not complete rebuilding of a new plane. When a plane is designed for 4K hrs life, some of the...

With due respect, that is 9 months old news already reported and discussed on this thread. http://www.defence.pk/forums/military-aviation/25740-news-pakistans-f16-block-50-52-a.html I have a question: Why did we buy 35 MLU kits and not for all of them? are we planning to retire a few of...

I would be surprised if there are french/western equipments on FC-20. I think its going to be a purely Chinese one. Lets see- the radars are similar, KLJ-7 is a derivative of KLJ-10. The FBW system, sensors and instruments, etc of current J-10 and JF-17 are similar. The fire similar weapons...