yaar i wish this is true,,the upgrade topic,,, but the upgrades by americans do not include BVR,, they are for precision ground attacks,,
oh abbay yaar for onces drop this crappi F-16 conspiracies and rumors! who said our F-16s are only meant for ground attacks?! that pkpolitics needs a good kick at the rear end!
i suppose thats where you are getting your information from right?
these oxymoron NGOs anti-military have got nothing to do so they spread their fazuul lil girls rumors around.
sorry no offense to you.
anyways. PAF knows these F-16s inside out more then any one in the world, well other then US and israel. they know their requirements and how to meet them and they will make sure the US does it for them and ACM made it clear that they will never accept handicapped F-16s or in any conditions!
all PAF F-16s will be equipped with APG-68v9 (same as IDAF F-16I).
and lol.. PAF did not order 500 AMRAAMs to keep them in storages or museums.
PAF F-16 new armament package.
Air-2-Air
-500 AMRAAM AIM-120C5
-200 AIM-9M-8/9 (they are the version before the fifth-generation AIM-9X)
-unspecified number of 5th generation WVR : A-Darter or Aim-132
-compatible for MICA
Air-2-ground
-500 JDAM
-800 MK-82 & MK-84
-700 BLU-109 with the FMU-143
-TOT of AGM-154 JASOW (underproduction)
lol i am telling... this is just convincing game by PAF for saying that these F-16s will only be used against WOT. however if needed they will deliver attacks with more precision.
so yes.. they are BVR ++++++ capable! APG-69V9 has a range of 260+ KM aganist SU-30 size target.
anyways i m still confused that which far of battel feild we want to fight at for which we need these tankers?? and specially i such large numbers!! Pakistan is not a global operater even our navy is for the protection of our coast lines and it is not a lue water navy!! this has been stated a thousand times by various officials i just want ti say that instead of getting these system which are MAYBE, SOMETIME,SOMEWHERE !! we must pay more attention to more important thimgs,,
invest these funds in JF17 or J10, get some good SAMz which we do not have!!
what do you think,, not as a critic but as a neutral!!!
with the induction of air refueling tankers...
IN SIMPLE WORDS! MORE TIME IN AIR! AND MORE BATTLE TIME!
do you even know an F-16 can only spend no more then 30min on battle ground! so they get trusty and need argent refueling.
their is no point for investing additional billions of dollars on JF-17 when they are meant to be cost effective yet very capable platforms. however last 100 JF-17 batch i hope will be a improved version of 1st and 2nd block.
frankly speaking, its not worth spending over a billion dollars on just 18 brand new F-16s but still very very capable MRCA and it also includes almost
life time spare parts, though i am in big big big favor of block15 MLU program.
SAMs are being taken care now finally.
large number of spada-2000 have been ordered, so the medium long range SAM requirement have been taken care of, now PAF/PA are evaluating long range SAMs.
- FT-2000
- S-300/400?
- SL "surface launched" AIM-120
- SL SD-10
- SL MICA