And for your information JF-17 is a mean machine,
it is currently Pakistan best fighter jet apart from the f-16 block-52.
Why ? , because it's called thunder ?
Seriously though , why is it the second best plane for the PAF , when it also operates the Mirage fighter.
And don't tell me , it none of business, its top secret and all such nonsense.
Talk about radar, Missiles , EW suits , avionics
What sets it apart from different, aircrafts is that for such a low price it is as good as any other 4th generation fighter jet, and it cost only $15 to $20 million dollars,
Cost effectiveness does not make it a mean machine , It is a very attractive attribute. But not exactly threatening on the battlefield.
What performance based or Design based Attributes set it apart from the Contemporary plane
I would like to see the Indian try and replicate that, I think not.
Replicate what exactly ,
Tejas also costs under 25 million for you information.
That's after setting up all infrastructure related to aircraft R&D , for radars , engines , design and testing.
Cost can be brought down even lower when the KAveri is finally ready
Furthermore many countries are interested in purchasing the JF-17, its only a matter of time.
Time will tell , but Interest does not equal purchase.
Exports are still a ways , no one has even asked for JF-17 trials as of yet.
And you are jealous because every thread of the JF-17 has been derailed by Indians, hijacked by asking useless questions, its like your on suger rush. Like i said to Ramu, you lot might be related to parrots.
Look at the Chronological order of how this thread was derailed.
It's always il-informed Members casting jokes on the LCA , Because they can't answer out questions. Instead they go on the offensive derailing the thread.
And
From out point of view , there is nothing for us to be jealous about.
You obviously don't know anything about airplanes.... A plane with 15% new design can be considered a new plane. Modifying JF17 can also mean anything from a slightly different variant to developing a drastically different new plane.
The only joke of the century is your LCA, not the JF-17.
Because there are different levels of stealth sir. Some stealth is better then no stealth and lots of stealth is better then some. Stop trying to downplay a stealthy JF-17 and keep trying to produce your amazing LCA aircraft that keeps running into delays. There is no such thing as a completely stealth aircraft. Even the F-22 can be detected if your close enough to it. The whole point is to reduce/disrupt radar detection range.
Stealthy version is not a distant dream anymore as technologies are being developed for JXX and some are being tested on J-10b and J-11s. These technologies can be readily accommodated to some extent in JFT stealth version. By the way, JXX is likely to fly late 2011 or early 2012 and avionics, sensor integration is on as of now. We (China-Pakistan) are going ahead in this arena and having explored new dimensions more than once, one has to think where LCA stands today?
Last time i heard LCA was using foreign Engine & Radar & Kaveri was no where
then why india testing israeli radar and forigen engines and avionics on Lca?
Yeah right India owned, It was india own when it failed you before, then you put some foreign stuff to make it work, and guess what, it is flying, bravo
You talk about Kaveri engine all the time, even when it is not ready
You have built a radar?? where is it??, you are using Israeli radar
Buddy, look at the history and you will get your answer just why Pakistan avoided the Indian route of reinventing the wheel. We went the smarter way of JV instead of lifting a massive burden of entire manufacturing process in house without having appropriate R&D and necessary resources. The fact is that JFT IS in service because of this strategy today and LCA is NOT. Until it arrives in IAF colors, lets not go into repeatedly discussed details plz..................
Fact is Indians can talk as much as they want in how good the LCA is, but until it is operational, I think its best too pipe down, because at least we have the JF-17 operational with a squadron available. While the LCA is still test flying, it's looks good in paper but in reality its a pile of ****, in which the Indian etablishment royally messed up, but is trying to save face in not looking like a clown and letting down its people.
You know while you can proudly look at something which is on paper, we Pakistanis can proudly look at something which is not only active in duty but also drawing a lot of attention and attracting international costumers. So let me ask again what Nabil asked earlier......where does LCA stand?
So before you challenge us, at least make sure the jet gets inducted first in the IAF.
just one thing who is not doing JV
JSF-35
euro fighter
and in future there will be more examples
it better to do JV
as product will be in air in years
like JF-17
instead trying to work alone and make product in decades like
LCA
So your saying that the LCA was a testing bed for foreign tech so you can develop your own (Isn't the LCA
your fighter ?) Its been almost a decade since the aircraft flew and your still having large amounts of foreign input on it. Now your saying your going to be able to build a 5th gen aircraft ? What will that take a 2 to 3 more decades of foreign input ? Another sinkhole ?
I have no problem with anything entering our Air Force we are already set with our F-35/F-16s/Possible Eurofighter and if the JF-17 needs induction that can be added too. It is just that you seem to be under the impression that a JF-17 can not be made stealthy. Though now your maintaining that it can just not F-35/F-22 stealth which is a no brainer.
Atleast we have guts to say we made JF 17 with China, it was a joint venture, Indians on the other say LCA is entirely there own while its inputs are all foreign made
If LCA was entirely your own then I bet it wud have taken atleast another decade
Buddy we make parts for the F-35,A400M,Eurocopter Group,etc and build F-16s, we have also been offered a multibillion dollar contract to build EFTs in Turkey. And we use your LCA's state of the art Israeli made radar in our F-4 Terminators.