razgriz19
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If you have AIM9X, it can superseed the AIM9s anyway, why use both, when AIM9X is clearly better....?
I was surprised that PAF only ordered 200 AIM9s but 500 BVR AMRAAMs.......they might have had the AIM9X on the cards....but don't know what is the deal now.......we should have those by now.....
well PAF already has crap ton of AIM-9s, they can't just dump them if they're still fairly new. Those 200 were just follow on order for the new F-16s. One reason I can think of is that US started taking deliveries around 2005, and this was around the time deal was done for the block 52 F-16s. Same dilemma as AH-1Z viper, US first policy.
International users have just recently started using AIM-9X. We can get them if we order now. I'm sure its on the cards since they're using JHMCS on most f-16s. That was the main purpose of owning a JHMCS.
Maybe timing is not right at the moment. We can order equipment related to ground strikes, but ordering a 5th generation missiles would definitely raise eyebrows everywhere. Not to mention India will get a heart attack.