PAF J-10C News, Updates and Discussion

[siegecrossbow]

Chinese technicians Pakistani J-10C par tail maltey hoey (Malish kartey hoey)

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Pakistanis pilot checking out the bird during one of the Shaheen exercises. Hopefully he'll be one of the first to get a ride.

 

[TheSolution]

Rafale is no match for J-10C
I mean China is just on the blink of surpass USA in aviation tech You are saying that a country like France has an edge over its pivot fighter jet In which world are you living ?

Be sensible man, what is this?

 

[Goenitz]

Pakistanis pilot checking out the bird during one of the Shaheen exercises. Hopefully he'll be one of the first to get a ride.

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Just a revelation.. he is @PanzerKiel
On a serious note: Are those three flags? for what!
Edit: Lights. I got it.

 

[MultaniGuy]

It appears China is very supportive of Pakistan. Not surprisingly, because China has to defend its interests in Pakistan as well.
China has invested a lot in Pakistan.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Just a revelation.. he is @PanzerKiel
On a serious note: Are those three flags? for what!
Edit: Lights. I got it.

Those are light strips for formation flying.

 

[Maxpane]

First pilot on j 10 would be shaz uz din

 

[Goenitz]

AEW&C aircraft do not steer Air to Air missiles. It's a hoax.

Man.. I was hoping that ZDK may steer PL-15, while B3 has turned off its radar, and even give search data to HQ-9. It cd Netweork Centric ++.

 

[Aesterix]

What are these?

 

[SQ8]

Lmao, Dunning-Kruger much?

You literally didn't read his comment, lmao.

@SQ8

Pretty much - the bar for online “expertise” is “I am going to copy paste from wikipedia, make my logic and then call names to anyone who disagrees with me”

 

[kursed]

Man.. I was hoping that ZDK may steer PL-15, while B3 has turned off its radar, and even give search data to HQ-9. It cd Netweork Centric ++.

AEW&C radars are not fire control radars.

 

[Bilal.]

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What are these?

Strip is the cooling mechanism for the AESA and the round one is the light for re-fueling probe.

 

[SQ8]

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What are these?

Formation lights

 

[Big_bud]

So, by Europe you're pointing at EuroFighter Typhoon.

Country in the North is Russia.

And finally, you said USA.

Europe (EuroFighter Typhoon): Which Tranche are you targeting? Can you (Pakistan) even afford the cost of its maintenance when European nations are giving up on them & putting them in storage. Its no surprise they are trying to shove them down the throats of countries like Indonesia (who passed on the offer) & now Bangladesh. There is a term for people like that. SUCKERS!

Russia: Have you found the hack of how you're gonna bypass CAATSA? If so, we're all ears.

USA (F-16): The fact that you're getting J-10's today is a clear indication that F-16's were never on the table. They could have been - depending on us bending over and being the US's b!tch for another a few decades.

That being said, I won't let it by me that Pakistan didn't try on a number of occasions - whenever they had a chance. But in the end, when it comes to the US - its all about "What are you willing to do for us?", followed by "Here's a list."

There is only one plausible option i.e. getting some used F16s from a country that's thinking of retiring them. Then getting them upgraded from USA/ another partner country. Maybe Iraq swapping our BVR enabled JF17s with their non BVR F16s? Pakistan already has BVR capability with its F16s so it should not be any problem for us to get Iraqi/some other country's toothless F16s upgraded. Such an arrangement:
1. Fits the bill
2. Fits the doctrine
3. Fits ease of maintainance & supply chain
4. Doesn't hurt uncle SAMs ego
5. Has been done before by PAF with Jordan

The more I think of it, the more it appears that used F16s with upgradation is in the works! Thats good...!

I don't think PAF would induct any new platform as that would force India to go and buy more too. They have F15s already on the offer. If we get EFTs or some SU35s or some bigger bird as being speculated by some here. Then India would renspond to such acquisition by placing some kind of urgent order of its own. Used F16s on the other hand would just make them sad but not panicked.

If such an arrangement is in the works, I totally support it! Good luck to our shaheens trying to secure such a deal & good luck finding more used F16s! 100+ F16s would bring down maintainance costs and reduce work load on existing F16s. Very & only logical step IMO.

 

[Aesterix]

Not that I know for sure but at least it is one of those lacking the datalink antenna as such I think it is safe to say it is a CP ... and it seems to be a HMCS(HMD?!

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Yes, the helmet look much sophisticated. I was thinking the same. Stop copying me

 

[SQ8]

Strip is the cooling mechanism for the AESA and the round one is the light for re-fueling probe.

Could be those as well - I saw similarities to formation lights on US platforms.