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Chinese J-10 is being fitted with a Russian TVC engine, stealthy coating material (recipe from the F-117 down in East Europe) and AESA radar (type 1495). It's the Chinese answer to Su-30MKI, JAS39 and EF-2000.
Don't know what configuration of J-10 PAF is ordering.
The Chinese 5th generation? Long way to go.
J-10C may not be available before 2010, there are still technical problems to be solved with the initial prototype. WS-13 is still under development and the current AL engine is overrated.Pakistani air marshall said that PAF will only go for an advanced J-10 meaning the J-10c. So I think PAF might make its J-10's order around 200-2008 time frame
China is commited to buying 250 but, my geuss is that the numbers can easily go over 400. China is no super power or rich nation, it cant afford to have 500-600 hundred sukhoi's and 500-1000 J-10. The maintanence alone of these fighters will take a large bite out of the chinese airforces budget. So the only fighter left to procure is the jf-17 reason? Its cheap, highly versatile, easy to maintain, etc... But still not as good as the J-10
As for pakistan's future plans for a 5th generation fighter,trust me if I were the leader of Pakistan I would start focussing for the future and not the past. The F-16 is getting obsolete everyday at the same time India is going for much more advanced fighters. We cant match the IAF quantitative wise then we can try to be better than them qualitative wise. To do this we need to scrape the F-16 deal and start investing in future projects such as China's j-xx program
i don't know if someone will agree with me or not but China has parallel projects plans for a Euro Fighter like Jet that will incorporate some of the features of stealth like EF2000 and alleged JXX that will be complete Stealth. could J-10 have a version like EF2000 might be work is going on left is JXX and that too will take a long time because china hasn't even perfected its J-10. I've a question do you guys think china and is it not feasible that china's J-10 like F-16 incorporates CFT for longer range and multi platform rather than this JH-7? i'm confused why is china investing in so many parallel projects while wouldn't it be better to focus of core projects like JXX, J-10.
China,s Problem re Stealth Technology is NOT MONEY.
They have more money then USA !!!
Their biggest weakness is They cannot buy or share technology from West.
The WEST is running Scared of China.
Its likely that Pakistan will buy the J-13 sometime after 2019; its favoured to enter PLAAF service sometime around 2015~2017. J-13 will trace its roots to the J-10; and it is likely that this aircraft will enter service long before the J-12/14. However, Eurofighter and Rafale will likely be considered as options as well.
I don't think you need to worry too much about PAK-FA. I have little doubt it will be significantly better than the Su-35, but it will be no where near what the F-22 can offer
i know this might stir a hornets nest but
but as far as i know pakistan does not have the f-22 YET ..so there is every reason for them to worry about it ..unless their chinese counterparts have something coming against it
...the main advantage of PAKFA would be that surgical strikes will be really easy to carry out if the tech. in it is that good ....or the chinese will simply come with a cheap derivative of BIG BIRD RADAR ...or wil the PAK-FA be able to evade a russian BIG BIRD only time will tell...but right now PAF HAS EVERY REASON TO WORRY ABOUT THE PAK-FA ..... surely they cant tell JAB AAYEGA TAB DHEKLENGE