This is what i was afraid of. This is why i want PA to not look at usa as they will ditch us whenever they want and we will then suffer.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1355318/us-attaches-new-conditions-to-pledged-military-aid
I didnt meant that way, its just that with american equipment we get ourselves in lot of problems and now many other options are there in market. With zulus each and everything we will rely on americans, but with t129s they will just be engines atleast weapons, avionics and other stuff wont be...
Sir ji, atleast turks are using it and one way or another we could have been getting spare parts from them just like they helped us with cobras and f16s. Plus they are making their own engine also thus in future if that works out we can be at much ease.
I pray that they dont give as it will give an excuse to look other options which can be more reliable and good for us. Once we get the zulus, then we will have constant fear of sanctions and i dont see any close ally to help us since no one operates them.
Get 16-20 Mi35s and supplement them...
Those mi24s were still being flown in late 90s in quetta. In 98-99 i am witness to having seen 2 of them flying in quetta.
First they will get delivered in pieces, assembled, testing and then would start properly getting flown. Till aug14 rehearsals no one had the idea that aw139s were in...
If chinese have 3 sections then its aesa and the dish wont rotate. 3 sections give them 360 coverage. Yups they PAF do have plan for future upgrade but would depend how much benefit aesa gives compared to current system.
Not a 100 percent. Some say PAF got pesa radars, while chinese may be having aesa or may be pesa. Ours came first and then chinese got them inducted. So they would have made changes as per their requirements.
With the CSF drying up, the per sortie cost for bombing / recon is very high which will put extra financial burden on PAF resources. This is something they should have done very long time ago. If this gets inducted, can be used for training purposes and COIN ops with low cost operationally.
Till older gets retired more cant be brought in. T625 is years away, late 2018 first flight and then testing from there 6-10 years before first gets inducted. So for now tried and tested platform more preferred.
We need, light, medium and heavy. Fennecs as light, aw139/bell 214/pumas as medium...
17-002 means, it came into service in 2017 and 002 means its the 2nd chopper which came in service in 2017.
From what i heard the number is 4-6 helicopters but not sure if all will come in one batch.