Additional build times, experimental engine, added weight. = No reason to put it on your frontline aircraft. It's the same thing when fanboys see all weapons belonging to a unit, hanging on to JF-17 (on a patch) and thinking that this is its combat load. It is not. It can barely take off under...
China is producing more than 300 WS-10 a year (upping to 450 by 2026), and putting it on everything from J16s to J10s to J15 and J11s, basically their entire front-line aircraft. But it's not a mature design. =)
I hope this satisfies people now. :)
Aviation Fusion Media 0 01-19 13:13 Weibo weibo.com #Aviation News# [Aerospace completes the ground handling training of the Pakistan Air Force] Recently, a team composed of senior lecturers and translators from various aerospace departments of the aviation...
J10CE deal included sovereign guarantees from the Gov of Pakistan, a portion of the price was paid upfront in foreign exchange. They are NOT coming for free.
Haroon Rasheed is not even taken serious by his household, to take him as gospel on military deals is sheer stupidity.
The following is just my opinion:
US, while will not directly intervene, has every reason to support a conflict between India and China. Chinese resources up until now have been relatively free, to be invested into all sorts of public and weapons programs. There’s nothing better than a conflict...
CM-400 started with a land-attack version, anti-ship role came on later. You can be more than sure that they'd be put to use even on land, where needed.
But aren't REK kits already being used, the difference between boosted and non-boosted versions is the distance they'd allow the JF-17 party without being targeted. OTOH, if the other side if employing Brahmos, why'd we keep back from using CM400?
@SQ8 Can we change the PAF package to include CM400 and REKIII kits, automatically putting some distance between them and targets? They’re pretty much there to deter Brahmos attacks now. It feels like PAF is fighting with one hand tied behind its back, still trying on H4.
Also, why not include...
At times it’s reassuring we got them for an enemy and not the Chinese. Their delusions need periodic checks but otherwise we’d continue to chug along just fine. :)
So, I don't think that we'd compare the actions of Feb 26th and 27th as a benchmark for any such future events. Both PAF and IAF seem to have worked out the kinks, in terms of understanding of the other and in terms of responses.
So both sides will be bringing different rabbits out of their...
Anywhere b/w 200-250 KM from the border, as long as it gives cover to the original battery. Also, can we make S400 mobile? Like shoot/scoot, in order to add another variable to the situation.
Eventually yes. But as with other such assets, once India opts to introduce an entirely new capability in the region, Pakistan opts to do the same - in this case, would be getting something similar from China.