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P3Cs are not obsolete aircraft. They are still flown by US and their Coast Guard service.
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jf-17 naval firepower is great sirWell! P3C are still good and can fly for a decade effectively and than chinese aircraft will be there more capable than P8I..
but the need of time is to induct 2 squadrons of J-11/J-16 for Navy with search and rescue aircraft like SH-5..
Sir, F-17s are able to take near 4k weight which is too low for naval use as naval missiles has weight more than 1k.. and its speed it is also low as maritime lanes has been near doubled.. its ferry range is lowjf-17 naval firepower is great sir
ATR-72..The additional two P-3cs that pakistan received were from the previous order, which means we are still two aircrafts short. There was talk a few months back that the Navy was converting 6 recently acquired Fokkers for surveillance use. However, I doubt the Fokkers will do much to fill in the gap, if they were meant for that purpose.
The Navy should look into some new chinese platforms and customise it. Like they did with the ZDK-3.
Guys, please provide pics and specs of any alternatives to the P-3Cs and lets evaluate.
P3Cs are not obsolete aircraft. They are still flown by US and their Coast Guard service.
jf-17 naval firepower is great sir
whatever jf-17 has to offer is enough for us, it can carry two anti-ship missiles, and will be able to patrol at enough range to keep the indian navy away from gwadar and karachi, i.e at about 500km from both. our navy is a small one and its role is area denial not area control. two squadrons of jf-17s will be enough for the navy. and from a range of 500km, indian navy cant do much against PN.JF-17 don't have good loiter time and range, it will not be able to go after IN near Gulf of Aden without escort, mid air refueling.
With drop tanks it will not be able to carry much weapons load, J-11B or higher J series jet are need of time due to several reasons.
If Japan is ready to sell weapons than it has good replacement for P3C and China recently came up with it's answer to P3C orionDoes the Navy have any plans of buying replacements for the two P-3Cs lost to terrorism?
Considering Pakistan's sea limits have almost doubled, Pakistan Navy's surveillance aircrafts fleet is dwindling. It must act fast and fill up the gap. P3s going to be obsolete soon and Indians are moving ahead with the purchase of P8I. What platform do you think our navy should go for in the near future?
P3C is for Anti Submarine role and JF-17 is for anti ship rolewhatever jf-17 has to offer is enough for us, it can carry two anti-ship missiles, and will be able to patrol at enough range to keep the indian navy away from gwadar and karachi, i.e at about 500km from both. our navy is a small one and its role is area denial not area control. two squadrons of jf-17s will be enough for the navy. and from a range of 500km, indian navy cant do much against PN.
whatever jf-17 has to offer is enough for us, it can carry two anti-ship missiles, and will be able to patrol at enough range to keep the indian navy away from gwadar and karachi, i.e at about 500km from both. our navy is a small one and its role is area denial not area control. two squadrons of jf-17s will be enough for the navy. and from a range of 500km, indian navy cant do much against PN.
for example?No, its not enough. JF-17 is a point defense fighter, it don't have things which are required for current and future threats posed by IN & IAF.