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Perhaps all this is leading to Sir @Khafee being right after all.AFAIK, the only air-cooled version in the running was the LETRI LKF601E. Because it was the only option about which it was specifically mentioned that it was air-cooled. This is the first time I am hearing of an air-cooled KLJ-7A. Also, of late, Janes have on occasion been known to get it wrong. Lets wait for confirmation/corroboration from another source.
PAF waited for NRIET to develop KLJ-7A but with LFK’s Air cooling feature.
But madam @messiach said an indigenous solution so maybe perhaps we will produce this in PAC as will or ToT will take place.
Now, since we all are assuming that KLJ-7A air cooled won’t pack that heavy punch, one can easily deduce that we are just saving up on Thunders to spend on something else (F-16/Flankers) but let’s keep that out of this thread because the savings won’t be significant or that PAF has some thing different on cards to counter rafale vis a vis.
One more thing, this article talks in general about Block 3, so we can even guess that the radar mentioned here is for exports only and that PAF will have something different than what is mentioned here, maybe optimized for range.
One more good thing here is the fact that Air cooled reader can also be later on installed on existing Block Thunders as well.
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