araz
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I think it is more a case of killing the competition. In keenly contested categories this is often done to cut down any chance of another contender in the market. My 2 paisas worth.USA not releasing the engines for T129 has nothing to do with Pakistan, its the Turk US relations that are not on good terms...
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Been trying to say this for some time. Unless we pay royalty to the Russians or make some other arrangements. The other thing is if we are going to induct another platform, with the 16s coming why not wait and lets induct Azm. failing that J20/31 would be a much more logical induction than J15.Complete garbage. Please explain how the J-15 doesn't have any IP issues. It's an unlicensed copy of the Su-33, which the Chinese acquired a couple of examples from Ukraine. It will have the same IP issues as any other Flanker clone the Chinese make, such as the J-16. If the J-15 operates from land, the folding wings and tail hook won't be removed for the same reason that land based F-18 Hornets in use by Canada, Finland and Australia haven't removed their tail hooks or folding wings - the complexity and cost. You can't just swap out folding wings for fixed wings that easily. Take a look at the F-18L design concept, McDonnell Douglas' land based Hornet design from the 80s. It was cancelled because of cost and those interested in the Hornet decided to stick with the naval variant. And no, it does NOT mean the PAF will be making any landings on Chinese carriers
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It would be prudent to wait on the Turkish engine and buy a product which would be sanction free. With Zulus coming( IF) we can afford to wait.They wont..they will simply state hey buy the zulus..and army wouldnt say no..
Anyway getting zulus or f16s and tones of otger equipment will be on higher pirority list as compared to arguing about t129 engine.
Philippines didnt get it..we wont either
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