Bull: You still did not get it my friend. Block 60 was not offered to the PAF because it 'cannot' be offered to anyother airforce other than UAE's. Its more like, they have a copyright to that specific Block because in addition to buying those ACs for $80mil a pop, they had funded the development of newer techs to be put on the Block 60. Unless PAF concludes an understanding with the UAE authorities and 'they' give LM the green-light, there is no chance for the PAF or anyone else getting that specific Block.
The cost per unit that I was talking about, was in relation to a 'new' Block being offered to PAF (a customized version of its own) which wasn't done because PAF wasn't buying enough and in any case, the price tag would be too much for PAF to bear.
melb4aust: If the defense community starts believing JANG newspaper for its claims, then I'm sure the end of world isn't that far off. It was JANG that claimed more than a year ago that the deal for Gripen ACs had been signed and their deliveries would start within the year, remember? This just might be another piece of yellow journalism since I have not seen any other media outlet reporting Musharraf to have said that.
Its not just the avionics that tell you how advanced a fighter jet is. Besides, Jf-17s western avionics haven't even been decided on as yet. Once again, I repeat, Jf-17 is a Medium-tech fighter designed to form the bulk of airforces that cannot afford high-tech fighters in big numbers. Even sheer patriotism doesn't warrant Jf-17 being compared to Block 52 or like some forums have, comparisons with Raptors. It is just ridiculous.