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To be fair a jf17 fitted with French radars ew suites and mica missiles would be a far bigger export success than the plain vanilla thunder that paf have at present.
I can see the merits of this for potential customer like Egypt or even Argentina.
French weapons have great credibility far moremore than China.
But it would double the cost of the thunder from 20million to over 40 milliin.per plane ....
Then potential buyers start looking at other options at 40 million ie
F16 block c
Mig29smt
Gripen e
To sell thunder it has to be kept cheap
I can see the merits of this for potential customer like Egypt or even Argentina.
French weapons have great credibility far moremore than China.
But it would double the cost of the thunder from 20million to over 40 milliin.per plane ....
Then potential buyers start looking at other options at 40 million ie
F16 block c
Mig29smt
Gripen e
To sell thunder it has to be kept cheap