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There was a news article some time ago from Russia that Klimov RD-93MA contract is China origin. We might be getting direct deliveries but the contracts might be handled by a third party in China. See nothing wrong here, middlemen often involved in procurements to avoid complications or speed things up.It was in news long time ago at least 4/5 years China is no longer middle man and Pac /pak importing Rd directly from russsia
Your info is way out of Date
Russian can excuse themselves for supplying weapon parts to PAF thru such arrangement.There was a news article some time ago from Russia that Klimov RD-93MA contract is China origin. We might be getting direct deliveries but the contracts might be handled by a third party in China. See nothing wrong here, middlemen often involved in procurements to avoid complications or speed things up.
View attachment 677712Russia could directly supply RD-93MA engine to Pakistan for JF-17 Block III
Despite repeated Indian protests, Russia has continued supply of RD-93 to Pakistan reports India Today. In a press release on its website on Wednesday, UEC said the RD-93MA engine had been shipped …www.globaldefensecorp.com
Unofficial reports of Azerbaijan ordering 36 JF-17s. Let's wait and see.
Russia doesn't sell to Pakistan directly. The orders for RD-93s are made by China and delivered to Pakistan. And even if engine is blocked Azerbaijan can opt for WS-13 equipped Thunders.
Azerbaijan can't afford buy manned planes due to low oil price. Their economy is in depression. Unlike Russia which has a somewhat diverse economy, Azerbaijan does not.
China won't sell to Azerbaijan due to Azeri support of Uyghur secession. On the other hand, Armenia is a major customer of Chinese military hardware, for example WM-80 MRLS.
South Africa has more Gripens than they need, so they rotate them in and out of storage.they have committed to gripen, once pass the initial cost gripen is fairly good priced item..and may even have a lower operating cost then thunder given its highly reliable engine
i doubt they will buy anything else, will probably acquire used gripens if they need to
operational cost of Jeff is only 1200 -1500 dollars/flight/sortie.they have committed to gripen, once pass the initial cost gripen is fairly good priced item..and may even have a lower operating cost then thunder given its highly reliable engine
i doubt they will buy anything else, will probably acquire used gripens if they need to
South Africa has more Gripens than they need, so they rotate them in and out of storage.
Hi,
They are very expensive to fly for SA---. They are of older vintage. SA made a terrible mistake to order those aircraft.
The JF17 procurement would have done wonders for their defence industry.
Buddy really really need to stop living in a fool's paradise! Azeris uses Russian and Chinese weapons and even turks use both Russian and Chinese sub systems in their ''S four hundred''. It has tonnes of Chinese material and systems in it. Azeris use Chinese weapons in a small scale however. I didnt see any problems of them with that or did i?Azerbaijan ain't getting JF-17. Both Russia and China blocked it because of Azeri backing of Tatar / Uyghur secession.
Hi,
They are very expensive to fly for SA---. They are of older vintage. SA made a terrible mistake to order those aircraft.
The JF17 procurement would have done wonders for their defence industry.
I guess @MastanKhan joined the crowd praising JF-17 without getting his facts about Gripen right.Spot on Sir. There are so many moving parts and layers to fighter jets. But we have keyboard warriors hell bent on singing the praise of Gripen and other jets without getting their facts right.