I think a good sign that something JH-XX is coming is that China has used JH-7s up for sale for quite some time now. This could be just be replaced with FLANKERs or eventually some kind of JH-XX.
Trump is more interested in shoring up Boeing which is floundering in the fighter business. The Red Hawk could also be an option other than the F-16, and would essentially be a light fighter in a single seat configuration. It would have the lowest life cycle and operational cost of any fighter...
This is a big thing China is doing for Pakistan - at a time when COVID vaccines are dearer than gold, and their own population needs every vial, they are helping Pak. What a great team Pak-China make. Pak-China-Russia have the potential to eclipse US.
I definitely see the resemblance of JF-17 to the F-16, F-18 and F-20. Interesting how they also took lessons from the Gripen. A long time ago, I used to know a Pakistani engineer who actually worked on the F-18 and came back to Pakistan. I asked him if he took some of the work from the F-18 and...
Miss visiting Pakistan and miss the taste of Pakola! On another note, once I was helping an American family friend with one of his side businesses of selling Swati hats "called Pakuls" and a Pakistani Christian got really upset with me, he claimed me using the term "Pakul" is an insult and...
I think is starting to rise again most recently and trend will continue once the fog clears up a bit about new purchases. Just my 0.02 I am surely not an insider.
The info I do have - regarding BD procurement I am unable to share do to signing various NDAs... but none of it has absolutely anything to do with Pakistan (so again no hints possible from me).
I have no evidence or idea dear brother @Zarvan sorry I missed this profile post, was busy with life. Remember br. Zarvan, I am just a Bangladeshi member who works in defense contracting. I don't have any info about Pakistan. All I shared was what I thought was correct since the brother has been...
Saudis should be told quietly that Pak protects them militarily, and as long as Pakistanis are employed in Saudi, this will continue. Beyond this, Pakistan will set its own foreign policy which will not be held hostage by them.
If Greece continues to violate the treaty, Turkey should annex Greek Islands, Cyprus and Western Thrace in a go. That will cut the Greeks down a notch.
FYI to clarify, I mean the Su-57 treated other aircraft (4th gen) like toys. Haven't seen the F-22 in combat but perhaps they are similar to the Su-57.
Hi Oscar, sorry for the late reply. Yes, I was just talking theoretically. I am sure you know far more than me about Pakistan's true requirements.
I liked your other post that Pak basically has two requirements for a stealth aircraft - as a striker (to penetrate IADS with S-400) and an air...
The last point Milenium makes is how the jf-17 can allow a quantity advantage - which is something PAF may not choose to benefit from, given its doctrine. However, it is something that @Signalian is well known to advocate - a larger PAF would be a force multiplier for PN and PA.
MK watched all his videos. He gives some good basic aerodynamics lessons quite simply and in a meaningful manner.
I think the point about not properly area ruling the wing-fuselage of the JF-17 is true. But then this is offset by the side intakes, the bulge just immediately after the intake...
Not sure about that - I was just seeing some fights against the Su-57. The thing is a beast in WVR. Just toys with the rest of the aircraft like a tiger toys with its prey.