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Hi,
You are thinking like a MERCHANT / KAROBARI & NOT A WARRIOR---.
Price is fair---not the best---. Pakistan needs to create an urge of importance with the chinese ambassador to get the price worked at and get a deal done asap---. A gd number would be around 4 sqdrn's---.
But for the need---then price is secondary---.
Remember---BLK3 is a longways away---. Just because it would be going into production in 2020---does not mean that the Pilot & the aircraft JF17 BLK3 would be ready for combat---.
OTOH---the enemy Rafale coming in would be combat ready---.
I agree, but you have to think like a Merchant and a Warrior. $4 billion for 4 squadrons may not be currently affordable for the PAF. The Pakistani government should ask the Chinese government to help move some of its unprofitable (due to labor costs) textile factories to Pakistan ASAP, so that Pakistan can earn enough to buy more defense products and pay back its loans. Offsets are how Pakistan and China can both benefit.