Pakistan offers cut-price JF17 fighter jet at Dubai Air Show

[Don Jaguar]

"You can buy three of our aircraft for one F-16" says Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar. PHOTO: EXPRESS

DUBAI: Pakistan is pitching its new JF17 Thunder fighter jet, developed jointly with China, at an aggressive discount to dominant Western rivals, the country’s defense minister said on Sunday.

“You can buy three of our aircraft for one F-16,” Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told Reuters at the Dubai Air Show, where the aircraft is being displayed.

He said that the producer, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, was not able to keep pace with the requirements of the air force.

“Three squadrons are already flying the aircraft in Pakistan and one squadron in China,” he added.

Analysts expect the aircraft, which Mukhtar said was priced at $25-30 million, to be focused on emerging markets in Asia and Africa.

“Going to the (European) market is not very easy because you are cutting the profits of some other people,” Mukhtar said.

He said the development of the aircraft was not targeted at archrival India.

“India need not worry — it’s not India-specific. We are building very close relations with India.”

Pakistan offers cut-price JF17 fighter jet at Dubai Air Show – The Express Tribune

 

[KS]

He said the development of the aircraft was not targeted at archrival India.

“India need not worry — it’s not India-specific. We are building very close relations with India.”

He needn't be so diplomatic - to the point of sounding stupid.

 

[Don Jaguar]

He needn't be so diplomatic - to the point of sounding stupid.

Ye sub kahnay ki batein hain, hum sub ko pata hai JF-17 kis liay bana hai.

 

[somebozo]

He said that the producer, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, was not able to keep pace with the requirements of the air force.

He sounds stupid and desperate..who pitched him in this delegation..also if PAC is not able to keep up with PAF requirements, then where will they get additional production for export..

and why is he soo desperate for export? This is not a combat proven platform..expect a long time before it can have a customer.

May be Pakistan should volunteer to join a campaign of some upcoming war to prove the aircraft!