Capabilities of PAF Dassault MIRAGE-III/V.

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

Politics.

...in France as much as Pakistan. According to WikiLeaks, at that time, the French Presidency was at odds for some reason with the French Ministry of Finance. The latter was refusing to green-light the credit or loan package for the M2K-5 deal. Of course, there was also stuff happening in Pakistan too.

 

[araz]

...in France as much as Pakistan. According to WikiLeaks, at that time, the French Presidency was at odds for some reason with the French Ministry of Finance. The latter was refusing to green-light the credit or loan package for the M2K-5 deal. Of course, there was also stuff happening in Pakistan too.

We made 3 or 4 attemps at acquiring the M2Ks. In the 80 we looked at the platform and suggested a more powerful radar. In the early 90s Benazir delayed the deal for 3 months while Mr 10%tried to pressure the PAF into a 10 million per plane hike. There was another request for 59 Armie de Aire M2K5 in early 2000s with sufficient spares for 20 years but the French quoted 60 million a pop and PAF backed out. The French made a counter offer of the rafale which PAF liked but again found cost prohibitive. And then the 16s came along!!
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[syed_yusuf]

We made 3 or 4 attemps at acquiring the M2Ks. In the 80 we looked at the platform and suggested a more powerful radar. In the early 90s Benazir delayed the deal for 3 months while Mr 10%tried to pressure the PAF into a 10 million per plane hike. There was another request for 59 Armie de Aire M2K5 in early 2000s with sufficient spares for 20 years but the French quoted 60 million a pop and PAF backed out. The French made a counter offer of the rafale which PAF liked but again found cost prohibitive. And then the 16s came along!!
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if rafel was offered paf should have opted for it immediately in addition to falcons. big mistake

 

[khanasifm]

 

[khanasifm]

 

[Adam_Khan]

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22 has moved to Rafiqui now.

 

[khanasifm]

22 has moved to Rafiqui now.

Expecting a new jf sqn sometime this year or early next year , perhaps it will be based to take 22 place ???

12 jf produced 2018 and 2 dual seaters from China plus additional dual seater I think 8 in 2019 will go towards it plus beefing up each sqn strength with dual seaters ?? Guessing

Rest of capacity for 2018/19 must have gone towards foreign orders Myanmar [emoji1175] and [emoji1184] ie 16 total

 

[Gryphon]

22 has moved to Rafiqui now.

PAF needs more C-802AK capable JF-17s.

 

[hassan1]

 

[Sine Nomine]

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That's very rare pic and i have seen only one so clear.
Kudos Hassan.

 

[HRK]

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@Windjammer @Zarvan @Inception-06 .... and all others

its a treat for eyes ....

 

[Inception-06]

@Windjammer @Zarvan @Inception-06 .... and all others

its a treat for eyes ....

Yes noticed the weapon under the belly but what's on the wings Mates?

 

[HRK]

Yes noticed the weapon under the belly but what's on the wings Mates?

on wings I believe its R-550 under centre line hard points its H-4 SOW

correction its dummy of either AIM-9M or L ...

 

[Ali_Baba]

That is the first picture of what the H2/SOW is! We have all been hearing about H2 for over a decade, if not a bit longer and finally she is unveiled(even though we all know she was used successfully in operation Swift Retort ).

 

[Windjammer]

@Windjammer @Zarvan @Inception-06 .... and all others

its a treat for eyes ....

Yes indeed, earlier sir @Hodor shared something but it was like, ''you can have my bike, but i'm not giving it to you''.