Fighter Planes are just one part of the whole War Game plan.
In JF17 PAF has a plane which is sanction proof, Cheap, upgradeable and customizable according to our requirements, easy to Maintain, can give you high Sortie Rate (better than the planes its replacing). able to carry all sorts of weapons (that you can find, mate and load onto it) hence a true multirole. Now how effectively it can meet its objectives will depend on the training of the Pilots and the deployment and integration of the rest of the assets by PAF.
F16, F15, Mig29, Su30 or even LCA are all planes made to perform certain tasks in combination with the rest of the Air force assets. Training, training, training and effective employment of these assets is the Real bottom line in any conflict.
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Sir---you are incorrect in all your assumptions----. You get weapons systems or build them to counter and over power what the enemy has.
The enemy does not care if your plane is sanction proof and without sanctions. Its only concern is---when the two come face to face---what would yours do aganist its.
If your sanction proof weapons system is inferior to the enemy's frontline air dominance aircraft---it doesn't make much difference now---won't it.
It is by default that if you have an F22---all the supporting and complimentary systems would be designed to compliment that system.
In real world it does not work this way that you have JF17's aircraft---but your complimentary systems are on the scale to support the F22's----it never has and never will be.
All planes are designed to perform certain tasks---but these tasks are not performed in ether---just because they are designed to perform a certain task----does not mean that the enemy would allow it to perform that certain task.
The superior enemy weapons system would negate any tasks that you may want to carry out with your inferior system.
Bottomline is----one has to be honest with one' self and the nation---switch roles----think that pakistan owns all the assets of indian airforce----and then think that indian air force owns all the assets of pakistan air force----now tell me pakistanis----when the indians come and tell you that their JF17's would smash the bejesus out of your SU30's---what are you going to tell them.
Now---someone might want to give example of WW2 over here---that inferior american weapons took out the superior german weapons----indeed they did---. The american assembly line could churn out more tanks and aircrafts that the germans could----but on top of that the americans could also supply the war with more tank operators and fighter and bomber pilots than the germans could.
In reality---if PAF can put up 300 to 400 JF 17's against the 240 SU30's---that would be a monstrous acheivement----and if you then claim that you can take the enemy any place any time---absoluetly---because you have enough in numbers to make a sustained campaign.
And if you are able to shoot down 1/3 of enemy's primadonnas and losing 1/2 your assets----you might also take the fight out of the enemy as well.
You have to remember what the enemy perceives of its SU30---it is like a GOD---untouchable---without reproach---. So, in order for you to smash the enemy's pride---you have to have a certain amount of aircraft to take them mano a mano and come out ahead.
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