MastanKhan
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$10-12 Bn was a huge amount.. How Musharraf was going to pay for it?? through the defence budget or something very secret in our budget known as "Contingent Liabilities"... Do you know who gets Contingent Liabilities budget and how it is used?? For 2016-17 Contingent Liabilities budget is 190 Bn.
I guess Su-35 deal isn't suiting Pakistan and I hope J-11B will be second choice of PAF. Do you the details of the deal between BD and China for 50 J-10s?
Hi,
We had around 5 billion dollars---a nice fair deal would have been done with that.
We just made a wassteful deal of 8 subs with 5 billion dollars---.
We could have split it 2 ways or 3 ways to compliment all the forces.
It doesn't make sense to get a spear without gunpoint.
For me, J10/JF17/F16 is only for national air defense, Su35/J16/J20 is for playing offensive strategy.
You need twin engine fighter especially when you operate on the high sea to run anti-ship missile. PAF doesn't have platform to run anti-ship mission, what if the threats is coming form enemy's CBG? Subs along won't do the magic.
F16 has 900KM combat radius while J16 has 1500KM.
J16 can carry heavy type of YJ12 supersonic ASM , CJ10 cruise missile and YJ62 sub sonic ASM. F16 can only carry medium weight ASM. With J16 at hands, PAF can attack India CBG from multi directions.
J16 also can carry PL15 VLRBVRAAM, targeting enemy's AWACS and Refuling aircraft. With J16D you can run SEAD much more easily.
For PAF, J16 means much more than J10b/c does.
I think J16 also can deliver nuclear bomb.
PAF will consider J16 cause they like the number 16?
Hi,
As the JH7B is out of the picture---the J16 would the perfect aircraft for that role----.