India has been operating this platform since many years,
which implies they have had thousands of real and simulated war games on them,
This means that the Indians know every strength AND every weakness of the aircraft.
My question is why would PAF want to buy and rely on an aircraft that it's enemy knows how to bring down ?
As hard as it may seem, JF-17 and FC-20 are not known by our enemies,
and we can assume that for all near future Indians would not know about these planes. Surprise is priceless.
This is one edge that nothing can beat.
Remember all warfare is based on deception--Sun Tzu.
Sir,
Wake up and smell the roses---none of these fighters have fired a single shot in anger---none of these planes have been integrated into an operative sqdrn as of today---none of these planes are operatibve as of today---.
What is there to know about a jf 17---it is an average 2.5 gen aircraft with maybe a 3.5 gen radar and missiles---and missiles that are basically too heavy for this aircraft---the sd 10---the missile that is also not yet in full production phase yet.
What is it with my countrymen---have left all common sense out the door---don't they realize now that they have been lied to and had been had by the PAF for the 40 plus years---.
There is no secure airplane anywhere in the world except for the F 22---for every other plane, you can make a computer generated program how to defeat it if you have the right aircraft and missiles and electronics.
What does jf 17 have---a 3rd world nations pride and joy---in 2010 its radar will be still inferior to what a ten years old SU 30 has--it would still be inferior to what the MIG 21 bis has---what are the pakistanis dreaming---.
Open your minds to reality---look, listen, read and understand. Stop listening to this brain washing propaganda from the PAF---I use the term PAF and not the armed force---because the army is well settled in what its needs are and what it has on the ground---the navy is focused in what it can do with what it has---our weakest link is the only one who have been bragging that they are the strongest link.
The FC 20 coming in 2015 sounds like it the word of GOD---they won't be here in 2015---they may start to come in by that time---maybe by 2018--2020 we may have them all---and what do we have---. In year 2020 we may have a plane that is somewhat equal to mirage m2k9----wow---and here we were trying to destroy the iaf by huffing and puffing on them.
The jf 17 that we have maybe maybe maybe in its at the earliest may get close to the m2k9 will be in the 3rd upgrade---.
Those who say about the abilities of close combat by the m2k9 forget that the greek m2k's shot down the turk F 16 in close combat---so please don't get there.
It has been the front line aircraft for the french air force for many decades---it is beyond common sense to think that the french would have an interceptor that could not do a dog fight. It is just a propaganda by the opposition.
All the iaf front line 450 planes are far far superior in weaponery and elctronics and missiles than anything that pak has to offer to this day----we want to fight these 450 with our 18 blk 52 f 16's.
There is more to weaponery than what shows on the surface----if the indian bvr's range is less at lower altitude---so then would be the range of the paf missiles as well---so the difference factor would stay the same---it would still favour the opponent by the same ratio as it did at a higher altitude.
What paf is doing is trying to plug the holes in the dikes---like little Hans did with his fingers---.
The f 16 blk 52 can be in geopardy any moment---pak just has to shoot down only one u s drone or do something silly---and pooooffffff---there goes our saviour.
You got to plan what you have in your hands---so many pakistanis ask---how is pak air force rated in the world---and I have never gone into the discussion---well I want to---today's pak air force is indeed a thrid rate air force with third rate air craft with obsolete machinery. They can't shoot their way out of their own house even.
The hidden hand says that we have this and we have that and we have bvr's that we got from somewhere but never any proof or picture ever---not one picture---if they had it---they had to fly them for practise---someone would have taken some shots somewhere---.
Indeed the situation is hopeless. There is too much left at maybe's---there is too much left on fate---there is too much left on how the dice will roll and the PAF has been the best at rolling the dice for the last 40 plus years..