Bhai.
We have invested money in the JF17 project and are harping about the huge market that the thunder will have . Yet you expect s to lose interest in JF17 when FC20 arrives. The answer is a hefty NO!! You just cannot afford to lose interest in JF17. I have mentioned this before that one of my friend is an Ex RAF pilot. He says inspite of having the typhoon, the only fighter that they are afraid of to cause them a problem is the Gripen.Goes to show the advantage of having a small well linked up plane in a net centric environment. I think PAF will continue to develop the Thunder and make it high 4th Generation fighter, if funds allow it. If funds do not allow it ____ then we wont have funds for FC20 either.
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well thats good and that how it should be!
actually about an year or so back, there was such a rumor!
infact one of my friends, an aeronautical engg. with PAF also pointed out at this issue but it seems that all that was some misconception!
I think PAF will continue to develop the Thunder and make it high 4th Generation fighter, if funds allow it. If funds do not allow it ____ then we wont have funds for FC20 either.
for this part as it hadbeen disscussed in another thread on this site, the secret lies in export of the plane!
if we somehow manag to start the export of the plane with current specs even a small quantity, it may do wonders!
first of all it will be a big moral boost for the country as very few nation have developed and are in position to export fighter jets, being one of them is certainly a big pride!
secondly we may well use the funds generated from these exports to further upgrade and improve the plane to attarct more customers, if this process starts it will be great! it is just the same case as with F16, lockheed martine have always been ablt to export there current block F16 in enough amount to generate funds to develop a far improved and upgraded next block!
i hope this starts with the JF17 also!
the customers may not be a big issue, azerbijan is on the list selling them 25 to 30 planes can figure out money to develop the future planes to be sold to countries with higher specs requirment and the process may continue!
the only problem that comes to my mind is that the revenue generated, instead of being used in developing an upgraded second block, may well be transfered to swiss accounts
that is the set back of our nation! the politicians