(i) 10 years or later, the fourth generation jets won't have much relevance since your opponent is going to field at least 4++ generation fighters. No matter how much you upgrade JF-17 or J-10, I don't think it can come into category of stealth where RCS claim is confirmed to be 0.0001 or...
Mafiya sahab, can you provide me the link where France said that China has stopped funding
for JF-17. I read this bit somewhere, but could not see any link. :)
In that link I posted earlier, it was said that China has approached Russia to develop an improved version
of RD-93. So I think China is still funding the project but at the same time that link is from June 2012.
It will take some time as an AESA radar having high no. of T/R modules...
China-Pakistan JF-17 Fighter Slated for Block-2 Upgrades | Aviation International News
Take-off Magazine : RD-33: output on the rise
The above two links state 1) Blk2 and Blk3 are being worked on Chinese. 2) Klimov has been working on an improved variant of RD-93 with 9300 kgf on the request...
The numbers don't matter so much these days. The soldiers should be well equipped. Look at France, even with a relatively smaller army they are able to fight so far away from their land.
Economy of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well I compared the nominal GDP. Even in PPP terms, their GDP is 10 times bigger than us with
a much lesser population.
I for some reason sometimes ponder why we could not get all those outsourced call centre +IT jobs with such a large english speaking population even after being ally of yanks for such a long time? It would have been great boost to our economy and mass employment.