Some reports are quoting China has offered JF17 final price with weapons and training at 50milUSD. They have also offered long term loan hence the deal for the 12 aircraft to be 600mil USD. Hence 100-120 JF-17Block 3 could be acquired in 10 years and the cost would also significantly reduce from...
seating on Air Blue is 3 abreast... If SOP was being followed then the Passengers should be on window and aisle.
CAA should be monitoring SOP are being followed otherwise they are Willfully spreading COVID.
Simpler and logical step would be join either Turkey, China, Ukraine or Russia on their new engine development band wagon. Coproduce an engine at beginning similar to how we have have managed building all industries so far. May be by 2047 Pakistan would have all the required requisites.
It seems like 5 will be JF-17 single seat and 2 would be Duel seat. NAF was the one who initially wanted PAF to develop the duel seat trainer.
Nigeria pays complete amount in advance hence they waited 3 years to give this order after the initial order of 3 aircraft. PAF might be asked to...
As you know JF17 production rate has increased hence it is highly possible that the missing numbers can be filled by JF-17's otherwise F-16 has been provided by US as a carrot that would always find ways into PAF.
125-150 additional aircraft can be supplemented by looking into requirement of PN...
US Airforce need to replace F-15's and also old F-16's. It is most likely that F-16 will be ordered other wise there were reports regarding almost 1500 aircraft need to be replace for whichF-36 King snake was being advertised as replacement.
3-4 sqr are 50-70 aircraft not limited numbers. Remember PAF operated only 70 odd F-16 for a very long time.
To the numbers PAF would like F-16's.
Otherwise JF-17 will be enough to supplement.
To fill this role PAF needs to procure more F-16. If unable then it need to develop a Medium weight...
Indeed K8 were sold like hot cakes still they do not fall in the category of front line fighter aircraft. An Airforce is not know by its trainers rather its frontline aircraft.
China would benefit if those countries procure JF-17's that operate K-8 as it would be easier induction for pilots...
This only indicates one thing that is the numbers that will be acquired are high. May be 12 off the shelf with 60-100 locally produced.
China is considering to provide other platform as well along with many other technologies so that China has a foot hole in South America. China has a budget...
True it does yet we need to choose our battles carefully if we need to win a war.
There are always two sides of a picture one that is positive and the other is negative. The Indian media is doing this because they have just been singled out (They have lost all friends). Israel has snubbed them...