Look SU30 is a Russian plane
India has no input into this plane,, the Russians made it,, India then purchased it,, because India purchased a large amount, Russia allowed India to assemble it from kits and part manufactured in India
But its still a Russian plane
The JF17 is a joint venture between Pakistan and China
Pakistan wanted a plane it could use as a base for a industry, for testing, for becoming independent of western strings , to utilise weapons it creates itself and buys
PAF is a experienced air force
It has been involved in multiple conflicts
It has shot down Indians, Russian and Israeli fighter jets IN COMBAT
It has had MULTIPLE exercises with multiple air force for decades and decades
China has had none of the above so both countries bought something to the JV,,
China actually wanted Pakistan just to purchase the J10, but Pakistan wanted control of a platform for its own reasons, it's engineer's were involved right from the start.
it set the perimeters of the plane, guided it's development, pushed it's development. Made and incorporated it's weapons
without Pakistan their would be no JF17,, not because China couldn't make a plane because it wouldn't need to
Pakistan has inducted the plane from the beginning, identified what it needed, how to improve it and utilized it in combat against India
You can't compare India assembling SU30 with what Pakistan has done with the JF17 program
Look SU30 is a Russian plane
We are referring to the SU 30 MKI that is based on Indian Air Force requirements.... It was tested 2 years as per the Indian requirements, as the similar Jf17 was tested in CHina, Su 30 MKi was tested in Russia.
The JF17 is a joint venture between Pakistan and China. As I said in my previous posts, Jf 17 was developed by China based on the requirements and inputs received from PAF as a primary customer, and it was China responsibility to provide the best product to the customer. So, PAC engineers were involved as well. The aircraft is designed for pakistan and if not Pakistan, why would it get developed? Since China has much better aircraft, i.e J10 etc.
But it does not mean that PAC engineers developed the aircraft, it usually happens when you give the project to develop a third party. your own engineers also get involved in the process to validate and ensure that it meets all the requirements during the development.
Example: The Brahmos missile was developed in India, and all testing is done here only. The primary user of the Brahmos missile is India only, Indian engineers were involved from the beginning on paper to all the tests.................................
Should I claim as you people do for jf 17? since India has full control of the Brahmos missile?
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I frequently quip that people are free to make fun of HAL and Tejas fighter. However. after lots of struggling, Over the past 20 years, HAL has persevered to finish its first fighter program (HAL Tejas).
But, because the HAL Tejas program, now has the capability and infrastructure to develop new aircraft at a faster speed, HAL helicopter development program started from nowhere, now 400–500 are flying, and they are working on 2-3 new helicopter programs..... HAL LCH started getting delivered as well.
The first
Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) program, also initiated in May 1979, took a lot of time and finally achieved success and was inducted in 2002.
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I told people many times that manufacturing the product is not as similar to developing it from scratch. Pakistan is just manufacturing and assembling the parts after TOT. India has also produced a lot of products, including Su 30 MKi.
But building and developing an aircraft from scratch is just another capability. Only a few countries have it, Turkey is a new player in this field.