JF-17 PFX program

[Deino]

I am a bit surprised at your temerity to brush off everyone with the confidence of a PAF chief...J 17 airframe is outdated , it will be stupid to invest in it.

Well, it may simply be common sense and the fact that much of what’s currently being reported is simply unrealistic—reflecting more on wishes, dreams, and ambitions than on reality.

Quite simply: Pakistan doesn’t have the capacity—let alone the financial resources—to independently develop such a large fighter jet, or even a twin-engine model. A WS-10 as a single-engine option is unrealistic, and two RD-93s would actually require a new aircraft—which brings us back to my original point.

Even more again: such a fighter - besides gaining experience - is useless. It won’t be more capable than a J-10CE and surely not even close to the J-35.

I’m happy to be proven wrong, but so far I haven’t seen any credible source confirming that the PFX is a twin-engine aircraft or even remotely resembles a JF-17XL (aka Thunder Mk.2).

 

[Pakistan First]

Few months back I posted complete details about PFX project and interview of many defense analysts and all of them confirmed that PFX will be medium weight fighter jet and latest design image or fan art show it with twin engine.

and who are those "analysts". The retired uncles ? or clickbait youtubers ?

Zero worth in their analysis if they say something that makes no sense. The ones who are in youtube views business, looking for views, clickbait thumbnails, talking sensational non-sense in local-media have lost their credibility.

PFX is all about using indigenous components / making more localized version. The most what can happen is that design could slightly change, but overall almost the same airframe and same weight category. You cannot modify an existing aircraft to an extent that you change its weight category.

So if you are saying that PFX is medium weight jet then it means Pakistan is building a new aircraft from the scratch. Now the question is do we really needed to spend tens of billions of dollars to build a new medium weight aircraft with the likes of J-10Cs, Rafales or Eurofighters ? Or should we have just bought more J-10Cs ?? Think for yourself. Its too easy answer.

BTW, PAF official already said few months ago that we need more JF-17s and J-10Cs too when asked about procuring J-35s. So there's no "new" 4.5 aircraft coming. More JF-17s means, more JF-17Cs and PFX (JF-17C++)

 

[Ali_Baba]

There will be a new airframe , present airframe and engine are too constrained for a decent 4.5 generation fighter.

lol. Not now. Not ever. No capability to do so…

 

[PakAl]

Well, it may simply be common sense and the fact that much of what’s currently being reported is simply unrealistic—reflecting more on wishes, dreams, and ambitions than on reality.

Quite simply: Pakistan doesn’t have the capacity—let alone the financial resources—to independently develop such a large fighter jet, or even a twin-engine model. A WS-10 as a single-engine option is unrealistic, and two RD-93s would actually require a new aircraft—which brings us back to my original point.

Even more again: such a fighter - besides gaining experience - is useless. It won’t be more capable than a J-10CE and surely not even close to the J-35.

I’m happy to be proven wrong, but so far I haven’t seen any credible source confirming that the PFX is a twin-engine aircraft or even remotely resembles a JF-17XL (aka Thunder Mk.2).

Your correct in saying Pakistan doesnt have the capacity and resources, but thats what the aim is, it may end up failing like project AZM. The reason for medium weight is paf needs a more powerful plane, bigger radar, range, power etc, i know you said buy more J10CE but the issue is its Chinese jet and we cannot place our own missiles or turkish avionics, missiles, pods on it. So the aim is 4.5th generation medium weight, it is most likely new design, engine will be chinese. So similar to JF17 but a medium plane, with mixture of Pakistan, Chinese and Turkish tech.

 

[Michael]

Your correct in saying Pakistan doesnt have the capacity and resources, but thats what the aim is, it may end up failing like project AZM. The reason for medium weight is paf needs a more powerful plane, bigger radar, range, power etc, i know you said buy more J10CE but the issue is its Chinese jet and we cannot place our own missiles or turkish avionics, missiles, pods on it. So the aim is 4.5th generation medium weight, it is most likely new design, engine will be chinese. So similar to JF17 but a medium plane, with mixture of Pakistan, Chinese and Turkish tech.

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