From: Pakistan Military Consortium :: www.PakDef.info
"This aircraft is preserved outside the elite Combat Commanders School (CCS) at Sargodha AB. The aircraft is said to have been retired prematurely due to a pilot pulling very high G's during one manoeuvre and 'bending' it!"
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Could Pakistan base nukes in China as it develops its nuclear submarine? (URL: http://kuku.sawf.org/Articles/60033.aspx)
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Reply to comment: "Interview with PAF General"
14 September 2009 (EST)
"vkthakur" is Vijainder K. Thakur, a former fighter pilot...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/world/asia/30pstan.html?_r=1
Pakistan Injects Precision Into Air War on Taliban
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: July 29, 2009
Pakistan in the frame for Type 42 destroyers
According to wiki:
Sensors and processing systems:
Radar Type 1022/965P air surveillance,
Radar Type 996/992Q 3-D surveillance,
2 x Radar Type 909 GWS-30 fire-control,
Radar Type 1007 navigation,
Sonar Type 2050 / 2016 search,
Sonar Type 162...
How about a sensible comparison for a change. The F1 is very similar to the JF in some ways.
The Dassault Mirage F1
Standard air combat configuration, 2 BVRAAM and 2 WVRAAM. If the F1 doesn't need more hardpoints or more BVRAAMs, why does JF?
4 AAM, 2 drop tanks and 4 bombs (runway...
Energy: Beijing to get solar thermal power
I think this solution is perfect for Pakistan, where there is lots of sunlight and space but not much money. This type of power station seems to be cheaper than solar cells, far simpler to build than nuclear power stations, obviously far more reliable...
Anybody want to help improve it?
JF-17 Thunder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think the general layout is OK for now, but we can add lots more information to the development and design sections. Could also use some good pictures.
I want to make it more like the F-16 article:
F-16...
On this world affairs board thread:
Sino Pakistan Military Relations. - Page 6
Post 80 shows some nice pictures of F-22P ship 252 being fitted out. (you need to be registered to see pictures)
Then in the next post a picture of another ship that appears similar in size to F-22P is shown, but its...
After looking at this image of a model of the JF-17: defence.pk/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/3198
It is apparent that the leading edge root extensions have made the wings more delta shaped, similar to LCA, but obviously the JF has tail elevators which the LCA lacks. How would these two features...