No ur right PAF did have an opportunity to induct rafale in numbers......but then again their experience in the recent past, back in the day was not good with the french n rafale was a very new product which was evolving n maturing back then n it took a good 10 years from that point for the...
For this kind of mission u need complete air superiority with complete suppression of enemy ad......or its a means of last resort.
Other then that in today contested air space theirs no place for such a mission
Look PAF looked at the rafale very closely before going for j10c , which is tailored to take on the rafale .....
But having said that all ac have certain advantages n disadvantages n it is up to the pilot n the af to amplify n maximize the the ac full spectrum of advantages.
Eg f 16 vs vie the...
Ur not getting the gyst of wt I am trying to tell as ur not reading my post n have an opinion deadset about somthing....
In all my post the thing I have stressed upon the most is the simple fact that j 10c is a means of last resort....they will only go for it after they have burnt all their...
Thats how the arms industry works unless u plan to give it for free as aid through some agreement like ussr use to do or u.s still does to some of it allies....
I today's cash mkt buyer is the king
They are operatiom the s400 or are they not ?
Look China with the size of its armament industry is no where on the intl. Stage as an arms seller.....if Turkey at all goes for then China would except with both arms n legs
If u had only gone through the trouble of watching the videos or reading my posts u would have got ur ans...instead of just reading the headings.
LM has given Turkey the tentive date of start of delivery of new block 70, early 2030...so to complete the delivery it would take LM from mid to...
This news is not some fantasy of a journalist but this report is based on a statement made by a member of Turkish Presidents committe of security n foreign relations.
So you can't dismiss it just like that.
For starters ac being offered are block 30.....I think .....from ang stocks....for brand new ac the Argentinian will have to wait atleast till 2031-32....a wait they are not willing for.plus the u.s is not offering them in the first place
Well for starters the Argentinian generals r not...
This could indeed be an attempt by the Turkey to show the u.s that if it does not agree to its terms then it has other options.
I don't think u bothered to view the news clip as according to it the first f16 the Lockheed Martin plans to deliver is in the 2030 time frame n turkey does not want...
The main prob with the f16 being offered by the u.s is the fact that they are toothless like the Egyptian f16. No long range a2a missile plus dont think the u.s would offer the harpoon block 2...so it also means no hms so no high offbore missiles like aim 9x.
All in all a crap deal.
While with...
This interview makes zero sense........PAF had been operating mirages since the late sixties....including few other airforces like the isrealis. So the ac was in service with major airforces around the world for some years
Now for him to be sent as an instructor to Libya he must have had good...
My father was GE drigh road in the early 80s....I back then was very young a small kid but have some vivid memories of sitting in the cockpit of Atlantic n a few fighter ac stationed their....good days those.
Every one seems to be missing the big elephant in the room n ie maybe with our current eco. Situation its been decided to limit the no of j 10....hence PAF is let with no option but to soldier on with the mirages
Even if that is not the case PAF operates in access of 200 mirages n i am sure...
All kind of bull crap is being posted on this forum about the origins n make up of ttp...this i had twitted some years ago about the exact things ie makeup of ttp