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The articles you posted mean nothing. They do not disclose anything significant pertaining to the acquisition and operational costs. The fact of the matter is, aircraft acquisition is not merely about upfront payments. Training, fleetwide integration, set up of maintenance base account for a...

F-16C/D Block 52+ inflight.

You have no idea the costs associated with sustaining a twin engine, early tranche Typhoons. It is in billions of dollars. Yes. Do the math, please. It is not a Honda civic that you can go and buy off from a showroom. Pakistan's credibility had gone down to zero in the past few decades. The...

This is not true. Also, this is not possible because; 1) A week is too long of a time which means a greater risk of a leak. Opsec reasons. 2) PAF does not have the flight management systems in place for scheduling unlike TuAF. Flight schedules for combat missions (CAPS) are released on a...

AIM-120C was a breakthrough in AMRAAM series. C5 is a very refined and mature iteration. C7 has improved ability to withstand electrical interference while homing in onto the target. The D variant has high off bore sight capability, meaning it can be launched backward, hence a fleeing F-16 can...

It is not the case. However, the exact ranges of these missiles are never made public. They are available. But they can be used for prototyping at best that too with polymers. 3D printing with titanium/composites/metals is altogether a different game. Only a few countries have them.

Ofcourse. C5 will never be a problem for India. All puns intended. :D

They carry a maximum of 450Gl of fuel which increases the range up to 45% for a CAP/20% for low level (lets say deep interdiction) The thing about CFT's is that as opposed to a common view, it compromises the 9G ability of the F-16. The manual states that the F-16 is a 9G aircraft as long as it...

Chinese will lose business from Pakistan the day we start using 3D printing in defense industry. We'll start making things ourselves. Even they wouldnt want that. Yes. There are several other constants such as offset agreements negotiated, nature of products. For example, these MPA's have a...

The most ignorant 2 words in the history of PDF.

Not all JF-17s are getting AESA. Only Block 3's for now. Depending on how Block 3 turns out in terms of combat effectiveness, we may acquire upto 100 Block IIIs. Soon. We got to see SD-10's years after we got them. And Chinese were never hesitant with PL-15s. The first batch of PL-15's...

As long as Pakistan is in FATF, we will not be cleared to acquire any of the western jets. We recently tried to acquire 3D printers for metal printing of aircraft components. GE (USA) refused citing FATF and other sanctions on Pakistan. Germans refused to provide the raw material, the Japanese...

Negative. PL-15's were never meant for Block 1s or 2s. However, the commonality of technology has enabled seamless integration. What a plethora of crap.

Translates into $150M for Morocco and $200M for Bulgaria. Crazy.

Did he give you a missed call? That he endorsed India's stance? :D Looks like the chaff didn't work too well. Else the AMRAAM debris wouldnt really be located under 12 hours. Did Maj Gen Nikolai give you this info via an sms? That he found the missile in Russia? :enjoy: What a clown. Btw...

I don't think this picture is authentic. There is something about it that is unsetting. 1) Pictures taken so up close are easily traceable. Hence they cannot be leaked. And those who know, PAF is VERY touchy about leaking F-16 pictures. 2) The squadron patch on the right shoulder is not of...

It does not explode. If it did, Spanish would not spend a million euro looking for a missile after misfiring it. They still couldnt find it. Had they found even '1' missed AMRAAM, it would be found in 'some' sort of. shape. Like mentioned earlier, this AMRAAM has blown up and it has been...

Allow me to disabuse you of your illusions. Thank you for conceding IAF was on its toes with AMRAAMS (otherwise Indians don't even admit that out of shame). None of the missiles were 'dodged' successfully. The blasted fragments of AMRAAM recovered instantly was no miracle. They were pulled out...

An inch of wingspan change will totally change the center of gravity, handling characteristics, weight distribution etc. This means everything from weapons integration and testing to airframe g limits will have to be reassessed. Nothing short of a designing and certifying a new aircraft. These...

Maritime support. They scan the seas and lend support to No.2, No.8 squadron and PN assets including frigates, submarines, P-3's and Z-9s.