MastanKhan
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Has to be a stealth aircraft to be able to strike and come back.
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Hi,
No---it does not have to be stealth---.
It is better to ask---.
The first lesson I learnt in engineering school in the U S---. When working on a car or machinery---keep a owners manual handy---rather than assuming---open the owners manual---if you don't know something---ask---it is better to ask---the more times you ask---the more things you will learn---then the more things you will be able to tell others.
Heres the problem fighters like the JF-17 and J-10 are like experiments. the F-16 isn't its a proven commodity. china can come out with planes that look nice but when you turn on the engine the story may not be so great. Theres a goddamn reason why China has been reverse engineering Sukhois for almost 20+ years, the J-20 might turn out like a hell of aircraft so might the J-10C but if your a customer you want a certainty that this airoplane will do the job. thats why countries would prefer western/russian equipment as it provides that reassurance. (this is the reason why the JF-17 hasn't been doing so great on the international market).
having both JF-17 and J-10 is a big risk. J-10 has yet to fielded in combat to garner how good they actually are. its only in a war time scanario you realize deficiencies in your weapons systems so its always a risk having unproven weapons systems then proven ones. In the current operations against the terrorists i sure as hell wouldnt be shocked if PAF found deficiencies which are now currently trying to be address in the form of targetting pods, loitering capabilities etc in the JF-17, this is the reason why PAF would rather go on and buy second hand F-16s rather then something Chinese. its like buying laptops or phones you'd rather go for an apple or samsung phone rather then huawei
Hi,
All deployed fighter aircraft are " proven "---the process of flight---weapons---pilot integration that they go thru for many a years---that is called proving--.
All these aircraft are put thru their paces----the real air battle paces in these excercizes---not once---not twice---not thrice---but every day---every other day---.
When the pilot takes off on his mission---he is simulating some kind of battle condition---you train so hard---that when the time for battle arrives---you transition into it smoothly---just like your everyday routine---but this time the bullets are real---.
The aircraft has already been set thru its paces---the aircraft does not have any problems---it is already tested---it is the PILOT that may have issues---.
The problem is always with the PILOT---if he is a PROVEN commodity or not.