First made in Pakistan fighter to roll out tomorrow
Made in Pakistan? They must mean assembled.
Both China and PAF attach a lot of importance to this project, which is materializing after hectic and laborious efforts spread over almost a decade, sources said.
China attached a lot of importance to the project? Is that why China refuses to induct it and made Pakistan pay for development?
The PAC has generated all the capability to produce the aircraft locally for its onward delivery to PAF besides materializing purchase orders from abroad.
PAC has generated all the capability to put a knock-down kit together. Russian engines, Italian avionics, Chinese frame.
The JF-17 Thunder a new generation, light-weight, all weather, day/night multi-role fighter aircraft with glass cockpit, hands-on-throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) controls and efficient man-machine interface will ensure a minimal pilot workload.
I doubt they will be saying that as they fight the stick on obsolete mechanical lateral flight controls.
The maximum speed of Mach 1.6 and a high thrust-to-weight ratio will enable it to perform well in an air defence role.
M 1.6 is top speed at high altitude and the T2W ratio with a 8,300kg engine is pathetic, this plane will be mince-meat in an air defence role.
An ability to carry short- as well as long-range air-to-air missiles lends the aircraft a first shot capability.
It is only as good as the radar and Grifo S7 sucks ballz compared to Indian supplied radars. It will be dead before it even knows what hit it.
In the surface attack role, a variety of weapons - conventional as well as precision-guided, a sophisticated avionics suite along with accurate weapon delivery system, ensure higher mission success rate.
Sure, 3700kg carries a lot of weight these days. About all this tin can will be carrying is dumb-bombs and rocket pods. Adding a targetting pod will almost double the cost of a base aerocraft.
An effective ECM suite will greatly enhance survivability of the platform.
It doesn't even come with a quality jammer, buying a foreign pod doesn't make it domestic.
Its anticipated air-to-air refuelling capability will provide the JF-17 with more loiter time to safeguard the frontiers and the ability to deliver the required punch at distance.
PAF doesn't even have tankers.
It will replace the ageing fleets of A-5s, F-7Ps and the Mirages in the PAF inventory thus fulfilling a multi-role task.
Just because you replace several fleets with one type doesn't mean it fullfils a multi-role task. It is a poor fighter and an even poorer bomber, I suppose it fills the task, poorly.
