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any proof?No sir this is not PL-15 but unamed PL-X
my idea is based on logic not fantacy
that about the topowls helmets which will be on the ah-1z? dont you think they will be an option? or even the bae striker 2?The SD-10 is a good missile and where the JF-17 is concerned its a pretty potent combination due to the fairly small RCS, networked sensors and very good GCI and pilot SA over the eastern front in most aspects today.
The requirement is for a more effective WVR missile but that is secondary to the need for a helmet mounted cueing system because the missiles are readily available from other sources but the HMDS is not with the capable type the PAF wants; the good old R-73 type monocle system has been tried with the F-7PGs who have used it in exercises, but the PAF prefers a whole on solution like the JHCMS(now that they have tasted it).
However, with the systems available there have to be compatibility issues; so the Darter is available today if needed but the helmet to go with it involves Israel and the PAF has worked hard to keep any past Israeli sourcing in the dark and now with the Indo-Israeli beach romance it is not easy.
That leaves European sams for which diplomatic concerns are an issue as every Indian diplomat & military attache has specific instructions in their countries to relay even the most basic of inquiries by Pakistanis to their offices and for that matter the Indian diplomats are much much smarter and efficient as compared to the fat check hoarding dumbarses from Pakistan.
So without a cueing system available to fully utilize high off boresight missiles, there is no point in inducting any.
what helmets does the current pakistani f16's have?
as for israel their relationship with india is purly business, bibi even said it himself when he went on a tanget with some eu leaders. as long as if they help develop on via chinese input and base(so it would be a chinese helmet to avoid angering the indians) things can happen. also what about south Africa there were the first to develop this sort of stuff in the first place, do they have anything?