hmm care to explain your point, dont take it personally was only trying to understand the post which made no sense to me, maybe you can make more sense out of it for me ?
yar its wastage of time on my part ... since you will never be convinced ... but still i will try.
Q: pakistan can hardly afford the FC-20 let alone the Euro fighter or the rafale.
A: Pakistan is currently the only export customer, as it has been negotiating order since 2004~5. There may have been negotiations with other countries for JF-17, but no negotiations regarding FC-20's export to any other nation have come up. I am not discussing Typhoon/Rafale here, only FC-20.
Q: Just because pakistan wants something and China "says" it can make it does not make the fc-20 on par with the MKI, Rafale or eurofighter.
A: Only time can be the judge of that. Let it roll out first ... then compare. Its just like if I say Pakfa can never be on par with F-35, let alone F22, but i will never say that. I don't live in fool's paradise, i like facts.
Q: Billions of dollars of reserach goes into these amazing jet and they dont just pop out one day like the j-10.
A: Do you mean to "China is a poor poor nation" and cannot afford R&D for 4.5 Gen ? If that's your intent dear, you need to read articles about concerns of USA over budget allocated for Chinese Military and its R&D. I have first hand knowledge (from my relative) of how huge Chinese Military Aircraft industry is how much they are investing into it, both in dollars and in manpower.
Q: I highly doubt that Chinese tech is anywhere even close to russian tech let alone western tech. The Chinese are known to copy everything they get their hands on. I can bet on anything that the j-10 is a modified version of the MKK that they currently have in service.
A: So if it is copy of MKK, its comparable to MKK.
Q: I am almost 100% sure that the j-10 or 11 are all copied from somewhere just like how the f-7 was a total copy of the mig-21.
A: J11 is license built Su27/Su30. F7 is license built Mig21. Just like Indian Su30MKI is license built Su30MKK. FC-20 is not license built ... it BEING developed, just like FC-1. They may have tech from all over, just like Su30MKI which has Israeli jammer, Russian Enginer+radar+etc, but FC-20 is a pure Chinese product.
Q: I think pakistan's best option is to push USA for give them more f-16 or try to put together some cash for rafale or griphens
A: We are already exercising that option, but F-16/Rafale/Grippen have many technological and logistical limits which FC-20 will overcome for PAF.
Q: I have read the specs on the j-10 and fc-20 and i find them highly doubtful considering the fact that no correct info comes out of china anyways.
A: And yet you insist to form your opinion without any evidence. PAF hasn't decided whether they like FC-20 or dislike it, they are waiting for it to come out first.
Q: More F-16 block 52 would be a real threat to the IAF, much more that the j-10 or fc20 which i am sure you cannot depend on.
A: We "depend" on China like Indians depends on Russia. Although F16 is a good platform, FC20 might be better, but their is a possibility that it might not be that great. Again, let it come out, then decide. On a similar note, India has the "greatest" Su30MKI, then why go for MRCA, why not buy more Su30MKI. Its because diversity is a good thing. PAF and IAF both understand this, i urge you to do the same.
Hope that answers you queries.