what is the status for aam production in Pakistan?

[foxhound]

Salaam!

Just quering the article from Andrew brookes on the PAF....does PAK PRODUCE THE h-4 BVR AAM AND THE H-2......below a copy of the extract from his anaylsis....

(During the period of sanctions, Pakistan felt sidelined as its Indian neighbor received more advanced combat aircrafts, plus new capabilities such as airborne early warning and control aircraft, air-to-air refueling, balloon-borne surveillance radars, real-time reconnaissance through unmanned air vehicles, beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air weapons, and frequency-hopping and secure radio communications. Consequently, the PAF relied on self-help and collaboration. Pakistani technicians modified the South African T-Darter medium-range, active radar-guided air-to-air missiles (AAM) into the H-4 BVR missile capable operating out to a reported distance of 65nm (120km). A lighter infra-red version, the H-2 was designed to hit targets out to 32nm (60km). H-2 and H-4 can be carried by Mirages, with the former comparable to the Python 4 and the H-4 to the AA-12 Adder in the IAF arsenal.)

 

[Contrarian]

Sorry mate. Pakistan cannot produce any a2a missile. In the future it hopes and i repeat hopes to get licenced assembly of SD-10. It cannot design an a2a missile though.

 

[EagleEyes]

foxhound,

H-4 and H-2 are fully operational, and being produced locally. As for what they are. You will only know when it hits an Indian plane with no supported counter measures.

Thanks.

 

[PakSniper]

Sorry mate. Pakistan cannot produce any a2a missile. In the future it hopes and i repeat hopes to get licenced assembly of SD-10. It cannot design an a2a missile though.

Hence why he said modified.

 

[alamgir]

It cannot design an a2a missile though.

a2a missile is not complicated than a cruise missile

 

[su-47]

whats the no escape zone of this missile?

In air-to-air combat, a BVRAAM cant be launched at its maximum range and hope to make a kill. The no-escape zone is the zone within which the chances of the missile making the kill are nearly 100%. this is the range at which the missile is actually launched.

most missiles report maximum range instead of no-escape zone range. The 120km reported here has to be the maximum range, since there's no missile today with no-escape zone of 100km.

 

[Keysersoze]

Hold on........I thought they were guided munitions??? Air to ground munitions NOT Air to air.....

 

[melb4aust]

Hold on........I thought they were guided munitions??? Air to ground munitions NOT Air to air.....

Exactly.......thats what i heard tooo. thats why i was getting confused.

 

[EagleEyes]

Hold on........I thought they were guided munitions??? Air to ground munitions NOT Air to air.....

That was concluded with some forumers but other sources continue to call it an air to air missile.

 

[Interceptor]

If the engineers can modify the T-Darter than they have mastered the tech, and probably reproducing the H-4 and H-2 to modify a existing system requires mastering the tech.

And as for the Air to Air capability pakistan is produced various systems amoung them the Jiont Stand off weapon and seakeaming tech that guides it self into enemy vessels, and lots of other suff.

If a country can produce a Cruise Missile it certianly can produce air to air missile, I think the reason why they are no dedicated systems available in the production line is because they can find alternative and more deadlier systems.

If India is soo good why does it spend billions on Air to Air and buy Phython 4 etc. Why doesnt it use its home made air to air COMPLETLY.

 

[Interceptor]

Its a colaboration between lots of countries and it is soon to include Pakistan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon

 

[PakSniper]

Its a colaboration between lots of countries and it is soon to include Pakistan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon

We already have them, and soon our Block 50/52+ will be able to use them including our F-16s that we currently have. You can find numerous articles online, about these.

Pakistan Acquires AGM-154 BVR Missiles From US

March 16th, 2006: US has provided Pakistan Air Force (PAF) with AGM-154 'Beyond Visual Range (BVR)' stand-off missiles, ostensibly to target terrorist hideouts. While state-run news agency said Pakistan has attained another landmark in modern missile technology by producing a joint standoff weapon system capable of hitting "over-the-horizon" targets with accuracy, AGM-154 system was provided by US ahead of President George W Bush's visit to the country. According to the daily, the announcement of Pakistan acquiring the BVR missile system came at the Corps Commanders meeting presided over President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday.

The system uses technologies called 'Integrated Global Positioning System' and Inner-shell Management System Navigation and could engage targets 70 km away. This apparently is the first BVR missiles the PAF has acquired that could be fired from a distance without coming into visual contact with the enemy. It could be fired from fighter jets fitted with sensors. As part of equipping Pakistan with military hardware to fight terrorists, US has granted approval to sell latest models of F-16s and supplied a fleet of helicopters, transport and sea surveillance planes.

 

[Contrarian]

India is developing its aam missile. Cuirse missiles are completely different from aam missiles.

 

[Interceptor]

Pakistan develops missile to hit 'over horizon' targets
Dated 1/3/2006

Islamabad: Attaining another 'landmark' in the modern missile technology, Pakistan has produced a joint standoff weapon system capable of hitting over-the-horizon targets with precision reports today said.

The system uses technologies called 'Integrated Global Positioning System' and 'Inner-shell Management System Navigation,' official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan said.

The programme is designed around the modular joint airframe guidance and flight control systems.

The maximum range of this missile is 70 kilometres.

Under the programme, fighter jets fitted with sensors provide relevant details about potential targets and guide the fighter plane to strike them with an accuracy.

This system is used to hit armoured vehicles and fixed targets, a local television channel reported.

Prof Dr Hassan Askari, a renowned defence analyst, highlighted advantages of the system and said that the missile could be fired from a fighter plane while remaining outside the range of enemy’s anti-aircraft and other defence systems.

The announcement came weeks after Pakistan successfully test fired surface-to-surface HATF-2 (Abdali) missile on February 19, which is capable of carrying all types of warheads and hitting the target accurately up to 200 kilometers.

In a major achievement in missile technology arena, Pakistan had successfully test-fired its first ground-launched cruise missile GLCM (Babar) last August, capable of carrying any types of warheads accurately up to 550 kilometers.

Pakistan has been test-firing different versions of short and medium range delivery systems since April 1998 when it first conducted test of Ghauri-1 intermediate range missile, which can hit targets as far away as 1,500 kilometres and is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.

Long and medium range HATF-3 (Ghaznavi), HATF-5 (Ghauri), HATF-4 (Shaheen-1) have already been handed over to Pakistan Army's Strategic Force Command.

http://www.india-defence.com/print/1407

 

[Contrarian]

Suprisingly this would be major news, bbut only indian online newspaper reported it.

Be sure, Pakistan has not developed any standoff missile. It has only bought it from US.