How many fighter 4th gen fighter jets would we need if we were to become a key regional power considering India is equipping 4th and 5th gen jets? Keep the question of resources/funding/etc out for now, just consider ideal projection.
Secondly what leaverage FC-20 induction would provide to the PAF considering weapon package similarities with JF-17 program, both being single seat jets et al.
to be a regional power , there are a lot of factors to be taken into consideration other than economics.. radius of potential influence, location of our country [to attack and to defend] , number of days we can maintain in war [both offensively and defensively] , technological/training edge , resolve , logistics , key allies , ability to sync different military fields effectively ...... to name a few-- unfortunately economics and politics are not the strong suit of this government and have done longterm damage to pakistan's interests---
airforce is just a small part of the puzzle , however , its very important as , as opposed to the navy , the airforce can be upgraded to a very potent /state of the art force at a fraction of time and money-- however the army/navy provide the physical presence in the region to maintain / project power-- so a balance is needed amony the forces depending on political aspirations and geography of a country-- pakistan has a small coastline and no power projection aspirations , so the easiest way to go is to have missiles and good fighters to complement the other forces
the 21 squadrons / 400 fighters that paf is sanctioned to operate are a good number -- will make paf even more capable e long range precision weapons aswell has 4+ fighters that will hopefully replace all the old fighters
the design [delta + midmounted canard] of fc20 gives certain aerodynamic capabilties which are not so pronounced in the jft design and viceversa --- coupled with the fact that fc20 can hold bigger/more capable radar, more fuel/more payload to independently operate at longer distances, thus touching more iaf airbases than as of today-- will give another dimention to paf to exploit
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JF17 PT06 test flight with J20 yesterday
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thx to dj1023
Most likely C-802AK
Dubai AirShow
UK AirShow
For this China testing sea missiles, it is two type of C-802AK which under going, some say they moved to next level C-803.
More details here- http://www.defence.pk/forums/naval-f...aval-role.html
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@Abseen ..... Stop it man. For god sake stop posting old pictures ...
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