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Sir, thank you for welcoming me. I'm a flight surgeon, and no, I'm not ex-service. Quite the opposite, I'd say. I tried to reply to a few of my posts but I got the reply that since number of my posts are scarce I'd have to wait.

For JF-17 Block 3, most things aren't ready or available despite all the hype! AESA, HMS, PL-10/A-Darter/Gokdogan, EW suite. Lets see what turns up eventually.

Hi First, you didn't need open your comment with a WTF. Second, not all modern fighters carry IRSTS since birth. Some do get it after plastic surgery. E.g F-14D, F-16 Block60, F-15s for Korea and KSA, late variants of Super Hornets, Gripen E/F etc. So we could call them modular. Check...

Systems like SNIPER and ASELPOD are based on mid-IR optics, optimized for air-to-ground and limited air-to-air stuff as mid-IR detects engines in afterburners only. Long-IR in contrast works both for afterburn phase as well metal body glow/friction heat. So long-IR is the material for advanced...

Sir, my thoughts exactly. However, at that stage PAF bosses were worried any disciplinary action more than quiet dismissals would result in such scumbags or their unidentified peers/friends joining the Taliban or worse i.e getting cherry picked by the RAW for valuable info. Many of these...

Well, as I can see most members here are talking about fancy gadgets like AESA, IRSTS and EW systems in the Thunder whereas one must remember that it is still not carrying a Pressure Breathing System and its pilots wear no full coverage anti-G suits, both items a requisite for modern combat jets...