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The Thunder is not yet operational Yet various threads are being opened up about JF17 needing a new radar, new engine, new weapons, and changing the alloy structure to composites etc etc. They are calling it JF17MK2 or JF18 in some cases.
They are serial produced and are operational in squadron strength.
I enjoy… reading all those new ideas and future of THUNDER, in this case you are at wrong place.
In particular we seem to believe the French can use Rafale technolgy to improve JF17 in future. It just seems a bit premature to me.
I'm not familiar of any such proposals for contracting Rafale for any technology transfer.
BTW, In my opinion the THUNDER blk. 2 is better than Rafale, but I don’t want to comment more because no prototype is known yet. All I can say is that after first 50..60, second batch is planned to be blk.2.
With one sqardon already in service and expectations are that atleast 30...40 THUNDERS would be produced in year 2010.
See... BLK. 52 is not as premature as it seems to you.
People really need to give this plane a chance to arrive and perform first
What is your gauge of performance? 2000 test flights! or tested in war?
Why you keep forgetting that it not only meets the PAF specifications but it has been passed by war experienced PAF pilots.
It will never be a SU30MKI or a F18SH or a Rafael because these are twin engined super fighters. JF17 is single engined low cost low maintance mass production war plane..
Neither does F-16 has twin engine, which roasted SU’s *** in redflag.
BTW, from my perspective, twin engine SU30 is not same as twin engine Hornet or Rafale.
Hornet and Rafale are multirole platform, whereas SU30 is a dedicated strike role fighter, which is not meant for dogfight.
Cost depends on components!! and this is one beauty of THUNDER which we keep forgetting is its highly modular design concept and its swift serviceability.
It can,t carry the same no of weapons jammers and radar capability. It will never match the flanker for speed and power. But like you people say it is smaller and has less RCS AND COSTS only one third the price of a flanker.
What about speed comparison of flanker and THUNDER? Please elaborate with support of specs.
For 1 to 1 dog fight, all you should know is that it can carry two sidewinders, two BVR, it has a gun, its engine response is very good and it is more agile than F-16.
And yes, posting same post twice does not make your point more presentable.