Besides purchase,the factors of maintenance should be more important.
Pakistan is working for manufacture JF17 locally.
So the cost of purchase and maintenance should be lower.
And considering leak this news about XiaoLong/JF17 localization engine first flew success:
2010 18th April afternoon, at an airport take-off line,a plan assembly some new type engine developed by liYang corporation,14:57 with a deafening roar, the plane with vigorous heroic fly to the sky, 18...
I once thought PAF would develope J10B to a stealth version.
But PUPU denied this views in Chinese Forum.
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As for our economic situation is not good friend, what kind model they expect? Personal estimation model is in a relatively cheap, single engine...
XiaoLong/JF17 localization engine first flew success:
2010 18th April afternoon, at an airport take-off line,a plan assembly some new type engine developed by liYang corporation,14:57 with a deafening roar, the plane with vigorous heroic fly to the sky, 18 minutes after the flight, landing...
http://lt.cjdby.net/thread-1046751-1-1.html
Canopy
座舱盖
The F-22's canopy is approximately 140 inches long, 45 inches wide, 27 inches tall, and weighs approximately 360 pounds. It is a rotate/translate design, which means that it comes down, slides forward, and...