PAC's MOU with TAI at Paris airshow "Bright future of PAF"

[The SC]

Adding weapon pods alone can make the JF-17 become stealthier..

 

[Ultima Thule]

Could we see a stealth JF-17 in the future? Maybe BLK 5

As per our former ACM, their will be no stealth version of JFT @Syed1.

 

[araz]

Adding weapon pods alone can make the JF-17 become stealthier..

Hi
I think this is a good idea and one I have thought of many a times. However, the reason it has not been copied so far remains obscure. Is it because the technicalities are hard to fathom and replicate, or there are other challenges ahead? 2 such pods with CFTs will give us 8 missiles to play with, reduce the RCS of the plane plus the CFTs will reduce the needs for drop tanks at the 3-5 positions. The question is the drag penalty and whether the engine is powerful enough to do what we want it to do.
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[My-Analogous]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1141750371112640520

Project Azm?