Viper0011.
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JH-7 B if turns out to be a great Fighter Jet can be an option but our first focus should be getting either SU-35 or J-11 D than if needed go for JH-7 B for both Navy and Air Force with main Goal of deep strikes inside India.
I keep saying and you guys keep ignoring, the JH7 will bring a basic SU-25 ?(two decades ago) technology. Its not modern, doesn't have room for upgrades as its based off of older tech. The advancement with AESA and all is all you'll get. Plus, its a different tech base (older too), and will require expensive acquisitions for support and other equipment.
JFT (block III) should be able to do 80% of what JH7 does and a lot more. As is, the JFT is a superior platform to JH7, outside of AESA, which is a matter of a year or two, and once it gets ready for Block III of the JFT, the AESA will then be implemented in ALL other blocks too (I and II).
Pakistan needs to buy jets that come from the same class and manufacturing system, i.e. the JFT, FC-20, J-11 and j-16 variants. These were all built on the current tech and mechanical engineering standards, meaning with very little training to change configurations, your exiting labor can be re-used to run another assembly line running the FC-20 or J-11D manufacturing or at the least, component manufacturing. With J11, J16 or FC-20, you'll also get TOT or Assembly right or component development rights, which will help Pakistan come up to speed on medium or heavier fighter technologies (current standard) for a much affordable price tag.
The acquisition of Jxx series will also prepare Pakistan's industrial systems to support a future J-31 acquisition smoothly and quickly. The, engineers and support staff to through Jxx series, will get experienced with heavies, and associated avionics, and systems development, which again has many similarities with the J-31 (and of course many differences too, but the engineering and manufacturing systems used to design both, J-11 and J-31 have similarities and Pakistan gets to learn all those and use them).