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maximum production capacity is around 24, while PAF wants to induct just around 12-15/year due to budgetary issues and to maintain optimum output till 2030 when azm takes over ..so it is possibleAzerbaijan will get blk 3's before pakistan
Are those reporter's even serious
that wont happen untill delivery is vey near but you are right, probably not trueOh well ... this is reported by some uninformed reporters since years ... as long as neither CAC/AVIC or PAC confirms anything I do't believe it.
Oh well ... this is reported by some uninformed reporters since years ... as long as neither CAC/AVIC or PAC confirms anything I do't believe it.
Article suggests Azerbaijan will get first jet in Feb 2021 !!!maximum production capacity is around 24, while PAF wants to induct just around 12-15/year due to budgetary issues and to maintain optimum output till 2030 when azm takes over ..so it is possible
but we will have to wait..
Pakistan is said to producer 12 units of Block-3 this year, while the production capacity is twice this number. Will the additional units go to export customers?
Hi Mastan,Hi,
What do you mean by " countries that count "---.
None of those countries air forces are of any significant count in front of the PAF---so if Paf accepts this aircraft as the most utilitarian aircraft for the force---then by default it is a superior aircraft---.
Now " those countries that count " have their own choices---. They have been using a certain aircraft or certain products that have been " time tested " by them---and it is not easy to leave a time tested weapon for a new one---.
People who buy BMW's and Mercedes can also afford to buy hondas and toyotas---but they don't---even though both are more reliable and have a higher resale value---. But then that is not what " that " buyer is looking for---.
he is looking for a show piece which he believe that would satisfy his need.
A good example is Myanmar and Nigeria---the FC1 / JF17 would be the most advanced fighting equipment that ever showed up at their doorsteps available to them and they are happy as a cockerspaniel with his plate fuul of beefy delights---.
Pakistan is said to producer 12 units of Block-3 this year, while the production capacity is twice this number. Will the additional units go to export customers?
With a big proviso that the orders are there. If China has excess capacity why not utilize that instead of increasing production rates when confirmed orders have not been placed. One needs to think of what the workforce will do if the work dries up. So if we have confirmed orders which will keep us going then by all meansIMHO, Devoting half of the production capacity to exports will help subsidize domestic acquisitions and allowing the program to be self sustaining. This allows the PAF to move on to developing or inducting other platforms.
The tragedy is those who master in their field they left the country for money either they are in army civilian or bureaucracy and those who suppose to help out depts they later threat each other "daro us din say jab nawaz sharif apnay dil kay raaz bataye ga" (mariam safdar).Not Pakistanis. Just Pak Military. They think they can do everything. Civilian input is a red line for them. Marketing and promotion is an art in itself which is the job of business grads. Not every thing can be taught in military academies.