Pakistan F-16 Discussions 2

[fatman17]

No 9 Sq Griffins

 

[fatman17]

Sniper pods now available for 37 aircraft

 

[araz]

Sniper pods now available for 37 aircraft

Is it available now or will it be available after we receive 22 more. I think it is later but would be glad to be corrected. Secondly what do the upgrades provide.
Araz

 

[IrbiS]

Is it available now or will it be available after we receive 22 more. I think it is later but would be glad to be corrected. Secondly what do the upgrades provide.
Araz

15 more will be procured+22 previous. 37 is enough for now against taliban as you can send whole f-16 fleet loaded with pgm and just 1 equipped with pod to laze 'em all. These babies are already capable of unconventional surveillance, auto target tracking, air to air IRST, target co-ordinates generation for GPS guided munitions i.e. JDAM, SDBs. As pointed out by someone earlier, they might have the capability to down-link live feed to ground station among other improvements

 

[fatman17]

Is it available now or will it be available after we receive 22 more. I think it is later but would be glad to be corrected. Secondly what do the upgrades provide.
Araz

Existing pods will be upgraded to the new standard we are getting

 

[fatman17]

Pl review PAF air war doctrine to get a better understanding of what it's planners are doing.

 

[nomi007]

Westinghouse AN/APG-68 radar

 

[Blue Marlin]

is that an aesa radar which are fitted on Pakistan block 52 f16's

 

[IrbiS]

is that an aesa radar which are fitted on Pakistan block 52 f16's

 

[umair86]

All PAF F-16s are wquipped with APG-68V9 radars which are mechanically scanned arrays no AESA for Paf F-16s as of yet but Paf should consider the radar upgrade in the coming 5 years to SABR AESA just as Singapore and Taiwan has done.

 

[araz]

All PAF F-16s are wquipped with APG-68V9 radars which are mechanically scanned arrays no AESA for Paf F-16s as of yet but Paf should consider the radar upgrade in the coming 5 years to SABR AESA just as Singapore and Taiwan has done.

As Mirza Ghalib said.
Daikhain kya guzay hai Qatray pay gohar honay Tak.
5 yrs is a long time and with technological advancements proceeding at the rate that they are we don't really know what will remain relevant. if we get more new F16s and can wriggle some AESA off of the USA then perhaps. If uncle SAM is not so graceful and uncle Ching has acquired the know how and is building comparable systems at 1/3 or 1/4 the rate adaptable on the JFT will we still go for an AESA upgrade on the 16s. Remains to be seen.

 

[princefaisal]

Pakistan should upgrade its F-16s just like ROK is doing the upgrade of 134 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. They are upgrading their F-16s to include: 150 Modular Mission Computers (MMC 7000AH), 150 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars (AESA), 150 AN/APX-125 or equivalent Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Systems, 150 LN-260 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems, 150 Upgraded Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), 150 AN/ALQ-213 EW Management Units, 3 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) II Group C Helmets, 150 JHMCS II Group A and B, 31 Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS), 5 GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), 5 KMU-57C/B Bomb Tail Kits, 2 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Guided Test Vehicles, 8 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Tactical Training Rounds, 2 BRU-61 Small Diameter Bomb Common Carriage Assemblies, 5 MK-82 General Purpose Practice Bombs, 2 Joint Programmable Fuzes, 2 CBU-105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW), 1 CNU-411C/E, WCMD Container, 2 ATM-65 Maverick Training Missiles, 2 ATM-84 Harpoon Block II Training Missiles, 2 AGM-84 Harpoon Block II Guidance Units, 2 CATM-9X-2 Captive Air Training Missiles, and 1 AIM-9X-2 Guidance Unit.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

PAF does not have any AESA Radar in its plane. Hope in near future we will get plane with AESA.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Yes they do, SAB-2000 Erieye and ZDK-03

PAF does not have any AESA Radar in its plane. Hope in near future we will get plane with AESA.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Yes you are right....But I meant to say about Fighter planes.