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Logic compels the conjecture that existing blocks, at least a majority of them, should get an AESA upgrade at the earliest opportunity for a scheduled overhaul or extended maintenance cycle. Why? Because it is the most cost effective force multiplication that the PAF can factor-in ... also in a very short interval of time. This gives our existing fleet of thunders a tremendous boost in --> situation awareness, combat survivability and weapons delivery capability. This will mitigate to an extent the need to acquire a stop gap platform till Project Azm matures.
Logic also needs to be accompanied by millions of dollars which will be required to upgrade older thunders. It is not just radar replacement but several structural modifications are required for block 1 and 2. For now focus is only to procure next batch of block 3 thunder which will take at least 4-5 years.
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