Karakorum - 8 (K-8) | Jet Trainer Aircraft.

[HawkerHunter]

may be you have more experience on K-8 then me.

I don't have any experience, but knowledge, yes I have.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

 

[Windjammer]

 

[HawkerHunter]

TAKE OFF ENGAGE

 

[hibiny]

Nice images

 

[SBUS-CXK]

It is a nice shape indeed but i would like to see it in our grey schme

Haha, yes, as a Chinese, also think we should change the color.China website has a lot of contrast Pakistan brothers and China about the coating contrast... By the way, help us to change the color please.

 

[batool100]

Can you share the video plz.

 

[Danish saleem]

any pic of cock pit of K8P?

 

[Dazzler]

any pic of cock pit of K8P?

 

[Signalian]

The Mokopa anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is another interesting system, though its connection with a fast jet fighter platform such as the JF-17 may not be clear at first. Equipped with a laser-guided seeker and capable of travelling up to 10km, the Mokopa is Denel Dynamics’ equivalent to the AGM-114 Hellfire II. Denel clearly has the competency to extend the range of the missile and pair it with an IIR or even a millimeter wave (mmW) terminal seeker. This could make it a somewhat similar solution to the Brimstone AGM. Such a munition could enable the user to engage ground targets, including moving vehicles, with a very high degree of precision. A single JF-17 hardpoint could also carry two to three of these missiles.


The Denel Mokopa anti-tank guided missile. Photo credit: Denel Dynamics

A ground attack version of K-8 dedicated in COIN or anti tank role like A-10 can use this ATGM instead of putting this on JF-17 which i think is an under utilisation of a fighter aircraft.

 

[Bilal9]

K-8W variant from Bangladesh AF 15th Squadron. Copyrights attributed to owners as indicated.

 

[Quwa]

A ground attack version of K-8 dedicated in COIN or anti tank role like A-10 can use this ATGM instead of putting this on JF-17 which i think is an under utilisation of a fighter aircraft.

There are no heavy ground attack aircraft akin to the A-10 on the market. That role has essentially been adopted by fighter aircraft such as the F-16. With the right armaments - e.g. laser-guided air-to-ground missiles and rockets, small diameter bombs, etc - the JF-17 can serve as a ground attack platform too. Granted, the K-8 could be used as well, but it does not have the same payload capacity nor physical attributes to let it survive in a high-threat AAW environment. The K-8 may work for counterinsurgency, but not a state-on-state scenario.

 

[Signalian]

There are no heavy ground attack aircraft akin to the A-10 on the market. That role has essentially been adopted by fighter aircraft such as the F-16. With the right armaments - e.g. laser-guided air-to-ground missiles and rockets, small diameter bombs, etc - the JF-17 can serve as a ground attack platform too. Granted, the K-8 could be used as well, but it does not have the same payload capacity nor physical attributes to let it survive in a high-threat AAW environment. The K-8 may work for counterinsurgency, but not a state-on-state scenario.

In a war, PAF makes PA requests for air cover secondary always and keeps all its aircraft assets for AD role or own missions, which is why PA should have own fixed wing attack aircraft just like PN now.

 

[Nishan-e-Haider]

Wow

 

[ConcealCarry]

PAC has been making these aircraft for decades now, if we need new aircraft for training, why cant we try to design our very own design? Starting from basic PROP trainer and then moving on to LIFT? With the experience of Mushak, Super Mushak, K8 and now JF-17, isn't there enough technical knowledge in-house to at least try that?