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I agree on waiting for the actual outcome. I will hedge my bet on a Chinese system. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/isr/2015/08/23/chinese-radar-strongly-resembles-israeli-product/32108793/

Wouldn't that depend on the choice of AESA radar? Maybe the choice of a radar may take the weapons package into consideration. I.e. The European radar might be chosen because of the weapons offered with it. My take however is that they will remain with China. A European rada/weapons package...

I think it might be a materials strength/rigidity and weight issue. I suspect rectangular section tanks might need thicker/more rigid design than cylindrical ones. For the same amount of materials and stress levels (internal pressure), the rectangular tank will deform before the cylinder...

Hope, God willing, the traffic jam eases shortly what the "package" arrives

Thanks Windy. Where is the video?

More than enough. Those bombs not that low.

Here www.pac.org.pk/assets/files/it_for_0226_p-3_open_tender.doc is a tender from PAC for "Bomb Rack Unit GDG-601 for fuel tanks" Are we talking about something similar to this:

With Alpha jets, Nigeria will not have K-8s on the priority list

Thanks. Looks like the deal is not dead and buried. Maybe a bit sickly but chances are something will materialise in a not too distant future

Yes Sir. Thanks

I am making too many assumptions now. I assume the guys shoe to be 300mm/1ft. On my screen that is 40 pixels. The bomb is 428 pixels. That is 3210mm. However the bomb is further away from the camera, so it is longer than 3210m

The Mk83 is 3m long. A Mk83 with a REK would be longer. I would therefore expect the kitted Mk-83 to be twice the height of those guys. I think that bomb+kit is about 2.5-2.75m long.

I have little to reference for pixel counting but it looks on the larger side than a Mk-81. However this is difficult because of the kit. And also the Mk81 and Mk82 are not very different in size;

Good point! On second thought, the image below has 2 x 500lb on the outer pylons: Thanks for sharing the image and the reply.

@JamD , Have you got a larger image and maybe I can try and ID if it is a Mk-82 or Mk-83? Thanks

I an thinking if they would ever use the REK for CAS? I believe it is not meant for that. I guess it is about protecting the plane and launching 2 or 4 bombs you increase the chance of destroying the target. Here...

Information from Paris 2015 (possibly Zhuhai 2014 if I am not mistaken) was that the KG600 was available for the Jf-17.

http://www.pac.org.pk/news Change of command ceremony, AMF PAC Kamra Number 20, block II about 4 weeks ago! http://goo.gl/25Om2D 15 radars will imply about the same planes produced for the year: Line up

http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Lankan-cabinet-approves-Sirisenas-proposal-to-buy-fighter-planes/2016/08/10/article3573346.ece