Well known since some time even more since a dedicated thread is active here in this section, however it is not yet ready nor available for export, so his initial claim, Pakistan can offer and deliver a very powerful AAM whatever to anyone interested without China’s possibility to veto a sale is not really a fact, it is a possible future option (again no one denies).
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Well known since some time even more since a dedicated thread is active here in this section, however it is not yet ready nor available for export, so his initial claim, Pakistan can offer and deliver a very powerful AAM whatever to anyone interested without China’s possibility to veto a sale is not really a fact, it is a possible future option (again no one denies).
Its just delusion.
Faaz 1 is very clearly an SD-10 that has likely been tweaked/reworked.
The PAF's SD10A have been delivered from local sources since theyre produced domestically in Pakistan under license.
I guess if GIDS is quoting 100km range vs the 70km of the SD-10A, it will have been re worked. Faaz 2 is just further modification of the same thing. They both share their lineage down to the SD-10A- so naturally theyre probably full to the brim of Chinese components. What we will likely gradually see is a local seeker, warhead, maybe reworked flight control stuff whle they try to step away from the Chinese lineage, in the same way India and China did with ASTRA and SD10 in its initial stages.
Cool_Soldier
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The pace of work and its exhibition in Zuhai Shows is itself a proof that Air craft is mature and now ready to play its role. Now it all depends on production line and manufacturing speed. China is known for its swift assembly .
Then I see no big reason of this 5th Generation Fighter joining PAF soon in 24 months.
Then I see no big reason of this 5th Generation Fighter joining PAF soon in 24 months.
i wonder why everyone keeps missing other key details- you're not just picking up the aircraft and dropping it into airbases. Infrastructure will need to be developed, maintenance will need to be trained, PAF training and tactics will need to be reworked. J-10 contract was signed later, but do you know how early on crews were in China? That too, for an already operational aircraft, the J35 doesnt even exist in a fully mature non prototype form yet...
This literally means nothing btw
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Goku-Kun
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sitting in a different country and trying to be more knowledgeable about Pakistan's relationships with different countries in ludicrous..
if China's relationship with Pakistan isn't that special than how come we get their military hardware on soft loans which they don't offer to any other country. Pakistan and China's relationship in the domain of military hardware in higher than any other..
Goku-Kun
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don't forget that there are two variants of FAAZ 1..the RADAR seeker one and the IIR seeker.I think that FAAZ has gone through major design changes to take the shape of FAAZ -IIR
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yes, the very straightforward reason for this is what i mentioned above.
Faaz is literally a re worked SD-10. We do not have the capacity to this suddenly design something from scratch. The entire reason WVRAAM's are typically designed VERY differently from BVRAAMs is the different mode of operation- theyre designed for close quarter, high energy, high g stuff, whereas bvraams tend to want to conserve energy, not pull crazy manoeuvres etc. Just remember, unofficially the amraam is quoted as being able to pull 28-35g's whereas 9X is rated to 100g's.
The IR version is purely a thing because we do have local IIR seekers, its just an SD10A with new seeker- arguably itll be quite a poor WVRAAM and lag seriously behind current gen missiles
Goku-Kun
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I don't understand your point..are you trying to say that it will be a poor WVRAAM because it accommodates IIR seeker or it will be poor because the seeker which is made by Pakistan is poor..and would you say the same for French MICA missiles which comes in two variant just like FAAZ
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Itll be a poor WVRAAM because its not actually a WVRAAM. The PAF also has never indicated it wants a long range IRAAM for BVR shots because the PAF has never ever been modelled after those soviet doctrine of multiple missile with varying guidance per target.
The MICA IR and RF probably make similar compromises. You cant be good at both missions, youre either excellent at one, or just ok at both. Even the MICA IR can only pull around 50g, once again, vs the 100g of the aim 9x/adarter.
JamD
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I love the addition of the patriotic portraits of our beloved supreme air chief, which weren't here the last time I saw this lol. Also nice.
i had been inspired by some of the actual pressers from NASTP- Had to keep it accurate
That_Guy
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Bad logic. By this logic, no one has the right to criticize Israel, because they don't live in Israel or Palestine.
China offers soft loans to plenty of countries for both civil and military infrastructure. What are you talking about?
Why do you think the west keeps screeching about debt diplomacy (which they themselves engage in), when it comes to China?
MasterChief
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He already got his extension.
Hussain
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Point taken, Cant stand him, no need to shove his pic everywhere......
