Yasser76
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Yasser.
More than the production schedule and capacity issue it is simply a financial issue as well.Precisely the same reason applies to not replacing the M3/5s in the absence of a financially viable replacement solution. Secondly, looking at the block 3 production schedule they are suggesting producing just 12 a year. I am clueless as to the reasons for this.
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JF-17 was supposed to be our financially viable light fighter, whilst F-16/AZM took care of medium weight catagory. The whole point of JF-17 was to replace the large F-7/Mirage fleets. As you say, if production capacity s just 16 a year then we are in trouble, but I guess even at 16 a year, 5 years production gives us 4 more Sqds which in itself is enough to replace the3 remaining two active F-7P and Mirage ROSE I squadrons. If push comes to shove we can also get JF-17s off the Chinese production line.