When the Mikoyan Design Bureau was initially collaborating with the 611 Institute (Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute), they proposed using the AL-31 engine to design a fighter that would surpass the F-16, believing that any fighter developed in the 1990s had to outperform the F-16. However, China responded that its budget was limited and it could only use a smaller engine to develop a lighter fighter. This had nothing to do with India.
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You are as always correct, the initial batch of Blk1 was not BVRified. but later batches were or somethign like that. The rest is history, now all blk1 are SD10A capable at a minimum.
Yes it is quite standard, for the very initial ones to not have met the full 'air staff req'. The Typhoon is another example. The only ones to insist such things are IAF who then land with projects like the Tejas.
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I have not seen a single credible post by @MastanKhan till date. He's known to write stuff out of his butt. Block 1's are BVR capable. Its not done recently or even in 2015. Its right from the start (2010). Remember we are talking about Block-1s and not talking about its development / super 7s or even the prototypes. We are talking about around 3 squadrons of block-1s.
Here's the news link to prove it:
Weapon Integration Underway On JF-17 | Aviation Week
The Pakistan air force is in the process of integrating the Chinese PL-12/SD-10 medium-range, radar-guided air-to-air missile on its JF-17 light fighter aircraft. The Chengdu FC-1/JF-17 is in production in Pakistan, and two of the aircraft were on static display at the show. Test rounds of the...
and here's the video of JF-17 first intl airshow in 2010. The static display showing SD-10s:
Its quite possible very first units may not be integrated with SD-10s. Remember the very first batch that PAF received was of 08 units. But nobody is talking about the first few units. You guys are talking about "Block-1" as a whole. So factually that statement is ABSOLUTELY incorrect that JF-17s Block-1s are / were not BVR capable. If someone wants to talk about first 8 units then they have to specify that.
I was there at that show, only later did I find out he was there too after I saw myself in one of the pics he took!
I have not seen a single credible post by @MastanKhan till date. He's known to write stuff out of his butt. Block 1's are BVR capable. Its not done recently or even in 2015. Its right from the start (2010). Remember we are talking about Block-1s and not talking about its development / super 7s or even the prototypes. We are talking about around 3 squadrons of block-1s.
Here's the news link to prove it:
Weapon Integration Underway On JF-17 | Aviation Week
The Pakistan air force is in the process of integrating the Chinese PL-12/SD-10 medium-range, radar-guided air-to-air missile on its JF-17 light fighter aircraft. The Chengdu FC-1/JF-17 is in production in Pakistan, and two of the aircraft were on static display at the show. Test rounds of the...
and here's the video of JF-17 first intl airshow in 2010. The static display showing SD-10s:
Its quite possible very first units may not be integrated with SD-10s. Remember the very first batch that PAF received was of 08 units. But nobody is talking about the first few units. You guys are talking about "Block-1" as a whole. So factually that statement is ABSOLUTELY incorrect that JF-17s Block-1s are / were not BVR capable. If someone wants to talk about first 8 units then they have to specify that.
The block-1 was BVR capable from the first production unit - the issue was not Radar or otherwise to not seeing aircraft with missiles but more so along the lines of stock procurement and storage. Your information is incorrect and unfounded.
