Let us get to grips with this post.
Where did you get a discrepancy in my post between manufacturing and technology? If you look at the VCOAS statement, that itself will give you a clue: we have the technology in firm control, our manufacturing is our weak point, with specific reference to the public sector.
If you are saying that you had the technology, and that it was married to the manufacturing maturity of China, that is hard to believe. You need to have something to show for that. In India, we have very well developed engines (terrestrial and marine, not aerial), very robust development AND manufacturing, for two wheelers, and for cars and commercial vehicles, and have no dearth of experience in these lines. HAL was set up before WWII, and was nationalised by the British due to its potential role in the war effort. All the railway wagons and engines have a long history of indigenisation and of local design AND manufacture, and are exemplary. We have never hesitated to move ahead by importing (on payment of fees and royalties) better product designs than we had, and both our design and manufacturing wings were robust enough to absorb these upgrades and updates.
I could go on multiplying examples; it is difficult to believe that there is any comparison possible.
The major difference is that manufacturing of defence related goods is not done as efficiently. Most of these goods and products are confined to manufacture by public sector plants: the Ordnance Factories Board, for example, and HAL, BEL and BEML among others, including Bharat Dynamics. Other plants include the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Jabalpur, and the Armoured Vehicle centre in Tamil Nadu. None of these perform as well as the private sector, which was the main body of the Vice Chief's complaint.
Truthfully, honestly, I do not think Pakistan has the technology; however, she definitely has the manufacturing. The reason why the components were manufactured in China initially is simply that it was designed there, prototyped there and then sent over for kit-wise assembly. I am sorry to end on a harsh note, but this is the bare truth.
Pakistan had the experience of Mirage III rebuild factory, started in the 80's, had the experience of flying F-16's for the last 30 years or so, all /most of the military and aviation tech. Pakistan had hands on experience was all US made, French or British. Pakistan do have a fair amount of local manufacturing and big industrial complexes like the HMC, the POF(there are 8 diff. factories and all the ammo's are local made exported as well), PAC Kamra, now building an aviation city.
Than there is NESCOM, a military cum civilian corporation into armored drone development, missile tech. (armored drone needs satellite navigation) unlike the normal surveillance drones, India hasn't any.
Than there are NILORE into nuclear R&D, Kahuta research labs, KHUSHAB nuclear and many more...
Pakistan has just developed and demonstrated the MIRV tech. and the cruise missile Babar III, so it's a myth that Pakistan has low technology base, at least in military domain Pakistan is ahead....India is ahead in numbers game.
Also in the age of globalization and shifting of manufacturing to third world countries due to cost arbitrage, environmental issues in EU and US, labor advantage, to skip the trade and tariff barriers, many Industries will relocate to third world countries with large populations to sustain that paradigm shift.
And it is also a myth that Pakistan has no car vendor industry and manufacturing...
Car and motorcycle vendor Industry in Pakistan, the deletion levels and localization of parts
There are almost 3000 Auto Parts-Manufacturers operating all over Pakistan, whereby this industry has created almost 3 million jobs and opportunities for respectable income, engaging 500,000 skilled workers as Direct Employees and 2.4 million indirect employees. It has generated a robust Investment volume of Rs.370 billion, and contributes revenues of Rs. 110 billion per year to the national exchequer. It has also achieved an Import substitution worth US$ 3.3 billion per annum and an Exports volume of US$ 210 million per annum. Pakistan is already the cheapest source in the world, for producing tractors.
This industry has already achieved a high level of localization, whereby it boasts: 75% localization in Cars & HCVs, 96% in Tractors, 96% in Motorcycles and 80% in Three Wheelers. Its products are being exported to; The European Union, USA, African Countries and all over Asia. The Annual production in 2017 (six months) had reached; 107,787 cars, 941,000 motorcycles and 3-Wheelers, 4,514 Trucks, 409 Buses, 32,641 Tractors.
https://netmag.pk/pakistan-biggest-auto-show-2018/
As for the JF-17, it is a joint venture where experience meets reverse engineering, theoretical knowledge marriage with manufacturing, western tech. meets Chinese manufacturing power house with composite material, alloy steels and metallurgy prowess of China, JV doesn't have to have a 50:50 manufacturing.
