Qatar. They've been interested in the JF-17 Blk3 for some reason - I think it is to hedge their bets and not for any technology reasons. Also, Turkey and Qatar are pretty close. If you're looking for a gulf state to join the program, it'd be Qatar. Of course this is all wild speculation.
I will have to agree with
@RadarGudumluMuhimmat 100% here. Dr. Riaz (Pakistani AVM) obviously wasn't going to say "no we're not working together" after Kotil called it Turkey-Pakistan fighter. And he very clearly mentions Azm FGFA as a separate thing. As I've been saying (and has been confimed) Dr. Kotil was simply playing to the gallery. He is a very good salesman and very capable of generating hype - which he obviously has succeeded in doing.
I've been saying for more than a year that Pakistan and Turkey are collaborating on a small level on the TFX and a possible joining of the program but nobody paid attention. I will advise you to see my first post on this thread where I have collected all of my previous posts if you want an accurate account of what's really going on (assuming that you are willing to believe what I have to say). I will repeat for everybody's convenience:
There is a SMALL technical Pakistani team in Ankara trying to analyze TFX to see if Pakistan will join the program. Key point: These people are only studying, not giving any input to the program. So IF a joining of this program is to happen, these are VERY EARLY DAYS, which in my opinion is something we've done too late but that's fine.
As soon as this interview came out and these stupid stupid "OSINT" accounts started rehashing the interview as inside news on twitter, everybody starts believeing the most ridiculous version of the facts as gospel. There is something seriously wrong with this twitter infested world. But that's another discussion.
@The Eagle I think you may have been premature in locking the Azm thread and making this the primary thread. I don't think we've had any official confirmation of TFX being the Turkey-Pakistan fighter. I really think Temil Kotil was playing to the gallery - this is the view widely shared by Turkish members as well. I am not saying there is no collaboration, but it is premature to say that TFX has become Turkey-Pakistan fighter.
Being a soldier is the antithesis of being a researcher. I've said this multiple times. People often mistake this as me being "anti-fauji" but its about the mindset required of these roles.
Math: I agree. I graduated top of my class and when I came out of Pakistan I saw how poor my math skills were compared to people from India, Iran, and China. I had to work really hard to catch up and even now I have several holes.
@Bilal Khan (Quwa) we've been discussing the modalities of possible collaboration between Pakistan and Turkey for years on the Azm thread but one TV interview later the forum has woken up to that discussion and rehashing all of that discussion now lol. I suggest everyone who didn't read the Azm thread before the TV show to go read that thread and be amazed at how what you're about to say here was already discussed to death on that thread lol. Apologies for sounding like a bitter babu.