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i cannot understand the Term "Co developed"
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well said mota man
this variant is 'pak-specific' just like F-7PG, F-20 (in future), JFT whereby PAF pilots and technicians are involved in the 'development' phase of these aircrafts. the pilots flight-test these planes, give their 'inputs' and the relevant changes are incorporated.
ACmdr K/Tufail was a 'test-pilot' for the F-7PG. their inputs incorporated at 10-12 changes in the F-7PG before they were delivered to the PAF. similarly for the AWACS, and other weapons platforms.
this is what i understand for 'co-developed'
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pakistan needs limited awacs...like 4 can do da job...because our airspace iis to small.... northern Air Command and southern air command requires them...
ZDK-03 advantage is that it can stay up in the air longer as compare to the SAAB-2000 and therefore is usefull... but the problem is that it needs to be maintained alot and it eats fuel alot....
besides Chinese equipment and spare parts r easily available.
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No, 4 can't do the job. We need atleast 8-12 AWACS in service, as 3-4 are needed to be in the air during times of war or emergency, to provide non stop coverage, as these aircrafts need to land, get refueled, operational maintenance requirements and other stuff. So, need extra ones, which can replace the ones who are done with their time in air and need to be grounded for maintenance and stuff, so this cycle will keep on going, as wars can be 2 weeks+, thus non stop they are gonna be flying, so extra planes are needed.
Plus, if the PAF ones have the P&W made engines, then we not need to worry about fuel consumption a lot, as P&T engines are not fuel consuming headaches.
As fatman17 said, ZDK-03 has western powerplants from Canada. US or not it is a North American powerplant specifically Canada. Canada is very matured developed experienced manufacturer of powerplants.
So we don't need to worry about alot of fuel consumption.