Somalia Reportedly Agrees to Acquire Pakistan’s JF-17 Fighter Jets

[sutton9999]

It can only happen as military aid from Saudi, while Pak does the heavy lifting on the ground.

Ethiopia has Su-30k, maybe Su-35 is coming.

 

[mythbuster]

Yeah, but what about decent bases, HAS, training aircraft etc? It did have a decent air force, but it has vanished to a large extent. Money can only do so much as we all know.

They require basic instititional capability that they do not have right now. If this deal goes ahead, PAF will have to assume a lot of responsibility, way beyond just the jets

PAF is pretty good at assuming such responsibilities.....most of the middle eastern air forces were built ground up by PAF ....my only gripe is they may become ungrateful rascals like our middle Eastern brothers.

 

[KingQamaR]

The real question is , what is the benefit of these high tech JF17s-for Somalia? Is this military buildup intended to make Somalia a more valuable partner against Israel/ Somaliland or is it against Ethiopian?

 

[Trailer23]

What is the delivery date? 2035?
JF-17 production rate is so slowly that in order to meet the export depend, they must add another production line.

Who said that Production Rate is slow?

Just because PAF isn't buying anymore JF-17's for the timebeing, doesn't mean its slow.

Please, we're not HAL.

If the orders come in, they can excel the Production. We all know that both Pakistan & China build the JF-17. I'm % that there can't be any delays from China's end & its NOT as if PAC has its hands full.

There are plenty of Specials that have been covered on PAC at Kamra to state that if the time comes - they can speed up the delivery process.

ENDians will be like, "Look - Pakistan is selling to another poor Nation." Jaisay kay khood nay kuch achieve keya hai.

Lay-day-kay wo madr-chood BrahMos he hai. And that too is Russian.

 

[Yasser76]

PAF is pretty good at assuming such responsibilities.....most of the middle eastern air forces were built ground up by PAF ....my only gripe is they may become ungrateful rascals like our middle Eastern brothers.

Well lets see, certainly likes of Qataris have always appreciated Pakistan, unlike zuleel Emiratis

 

[RocketLaw]

Sorry I have to thumb down this news , it is not good news.

We SHOULD NOT sell our valuable JF-17 to cheap customers, mostly Africa or Sudan.

We need to find high value customers who are willing to pay high prices - for example, Saudi Arabia or Australia should purchase 500 JF-17. That's a huge benefit for us.

 

[Yasser76]

Sorry I have to thumb down this news , it is not good news.

We SHOULD NOT sell our valuable JF-17 to cheap customers, mostly Africa or Sudan.

We need to find high value customers who are willing to pay high prices - for example, Saudi Arabia or Australia should purchase 500 JF-17. That's a huge benefit for us.

Well who is to assume Somalis are not paying full price? PAC would not sell at a loss right?

 

[mythbuster]

Sorry I have to thumb down this news , it is not good news.

We SHOULD NOT sell our valuable JF-17 to cheap customers, mostly Africa or Sudan.

We need to find high value customers who are willing to pay high prices - for example, Saudi Arabia or Australia should purchase 500 JF-17. That's a huge benefit for us.

Appreciate your residency in the twilight zone.

 

[RocketLaw]

Well who is to assume Somalis are not paying full price? PAC would not sell at a loss right?

Probably Saudi Arabia or someone covered to pay for it but I think it is not a good idea to sell our valuable jets to Africa, that's my view.

PAC must do marketing better and avoid low-cost poor dumb customers.

 

[Yasser76]

Probably Saudi Arabia or someone covered to pay for it but I think it is not a good idea to sell our valuable jets to Africa, that's my view.

PAC must do marketing better and avoid low-cost poor dumb customers.

Well for sure it would not be great is AESA/PL-15 secrets exposed but we can assume we may be providing a "dumbed down" version?

I'm not sure, but thats my guess