Some of the team at the signing ceremony has been visitors/residents at Chengdu since 2004 and seen/evaluated the J-10 through all its variations and at times provided some input and advice based on the JF-17. They also have seen a lot of what Chengdu is upto besides the known projects as well but as is the tight relationship between the two they keep generally quiet about it.
As far as the PL-15E range is concerned, I would not consider this to be the PL-15E advertised because there is a batch of PL-15s straight from PLAAF stock that was sent to Pakistan sitting as well with the idea that the PAF will fire at ANY IAF asset first in BVR. These PL-15Es reflect that requirement as well.
As far as the PL-15E range is concerned, I would not consider this to be the PL-15E advertised because there is a batch of PL-15s straight from PLAAF stock that was sent to Pakistan sitting as well with the idea that the PAF will fire at ANY IAF asset first in BVR. These PL-15Es reflect that requirement as well.