If I am not mistaken J10 carries significant amount of fuel in the wings.. infact if I am not mistaken then amongst similar weight airctaft, it is comparatively on the higher side. Please correct me if I am wrong here.
Also, without the inner most pylons carrying fuel tanks, what would be the range solely based on internal fuel?
The reason I ask this is because unlike China, Pakistan may not need longer legs and if required then we can have the mid fuselage pylon carry a single fuel tank. This way we can use the inner most pylon for pods or may be design a different dual rack (e.g. vertical racks or dissimilar configuration) where the fuselage or the landing gear does not hamper carrying 2 missiles or a pod or any combination of missile.
Would love to hear thought or why we can't do this with J10-CP