PAF Conducts successful test of indigenously developed FAAZ BVRAAM

[Mrc]

Heat seeker anti stealth . Will work with integrated air defnce at such ranges as most heat seekers are short range

 

[Ali_Baba]

thats the idea....i assume.

a longer range variant would increase the range obviously . but note theses are slower then conventional bvraams with radars.

also note you wont be seeing the pl-10 in service as this would a successor to it, wont be surprised if it uses the same seeker

I think it is more likely it is using a home grown seeker, or even a Turkish one. I don't think it would be a Chinese seeker, as the Chinese tend to not break up the components of systems that they prefer you buy whole from them.

 

[Be dazzled]

Worldwide coverage

 

[Pakistan First]

Gotta say..., am a bit surprised that there is no information on this Missile by Global Industrial & Defence Solutions on their website: GIDS

Faaz & Faaz2 remained listed on GIDS website for atleast 3 to 4 years.

here's archived snapshot

 

[Pakistan First]

BTW, there were people who used to say block-1s will be pretty soon phased out lol.. I used to be amazed when we fly ancient F7PGs / Mirages with zero BVR capability and they think generations newer block-1 would be phased out "soon".

PAC overhaul capability was achieved for a reason. PAF will never let go of block 1s until atleast mid 2040s. Such a easy affordable, maintenance with massive local capabilities and no strings attached fighter is a gem. Now look block-1s/2s got BVR range of AMRAAMs. They can even be employed at strike role, anti-ship, anti-surface, SEAD / DEAD, things which our F-16 fleet can't even dream to achieve. Not saying our F-16s are useless, they are pretty decent but JF-17s B-1s/2s are extremely valuable and will serve for a long time to come.

The FAAZ-series missiles might be used on UCAVs one day too.

 

[Pakistan First]

Faaz & Faaz2 remained listed on GIDS website for atleast 3 to 4 years.

here's archived snapshot View attachment 222104

BTW, from same archive page:

GIDS -- Work in Progress

 

[xbat]

for comparison


i think it is not the same seeker

 

[Goenitz]

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i think it is not the same seeker

@safriz
I think it is the runner

 

[safriz]

@safriz
I think it is the runner

I know.
But I will make YouTube video declaring it as an air intake and call this better than Meteor missile.

 

[Ali_Baba]

BTW, there were people who used to say block-1s will be pretty soon phased out lol.. I used to be amazed when we fly ancient F7PGs / Mirages with zero BVR capability and they think generations newer block-1 would be phased out "soon".

PAC overhaul capability was achieved for a reason. PAF will never let go of block 1s until atleast mid 2040s. Such a easy affordable, maintenance with massive local capabilities and no strings attached fighter is a gem. Now look block-1s/2s got BVR range of AMRAAMs. They can even be employed at strike role, anti-ship, anti-surface, SEAD / DEAD, things which our F-16 fleet can't even dream to achieve. Not saying our F-16s are useless, they are pretty decent but JF-17s B-1s/2s are extremely valuable and will serve for a long time to come.

The FAAZ-series missiles might be used on UCAVs one day too.

Block 1's ALWAYS had BVR capability with SD-10As when they were upgraded to Block II standards(without the refuelling probe).

I don't understand why people think that the Block 1 airframes have no BVR capability when we have seen soo many pictures of Block 1's with SD-10s






The FAAZ BVR does not bring BVR capability to the JF17, it already had it. It just adds a different type of BVR....

 

[K2RULEZ]

The Indians are stuck - there is a paralysis of decision making, because the Indians have realised that nothing they have actually works together and until they can get the core to work together or a plan, they are simply making bad problems worse.

The Indians need to answer for Tejas before anything else.

 

[Trailer23]

Faaz & Faaz2 remained listed on GIDS website for atleast 3 to 4 years.

here's archived snapshot View attachment 222104

This FA'AZ 2 is listed with a range of 180km...!!!

That's gotta be a typo.

This is what the AMRAAM offers...:

AIM-120A/B 40 nmi (75 km)
AIM-120C 49 nmi (90 km)
AIM-120D 70–86 nmi (130–160 km)

 

[Trailer23]

Block 1's ALWAYS had BVR capability with SD-10As when they were upgraded to Block II standards(without the refuelling probe).

I don't understand why people think that the Block 1 airframes have no BVR capability when we have seen soo many pictures of Block 1's with SD-10s

Pictures...

Bro, one of the oldest Specials on the JF-17 is full of SD-10s'.

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[Ali_Baba]

Pictures...

Bro, one of the oldest Specials on the JF-17 is full of SD-10s'.

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Thanks - hopefully this video will settle once for all - the nonsense that Block 1 airframe do not have BVR capability. They did...

 

[BlueMarlin]

I think it is more likely it is using a home grown seeker, or even a Turkish one. I don't think it would be a Chinese seeker, as the Chinese tend to not break up the components of systems that they prefer you buy whole from them.

who knows, but i've got money on it being a chinese seeker. the chinese are known to providing missile kits to pakistan.