Not going by the overly optimistic attitude that you seniors have about Thunder. Thunder has a Russian engine(which i believe Russian are not offering u, WS 13 - still under development )
please explain? The RD-93s are coming in; you tried and failed to get them blocked a few years back by citing technicalities in the deal. Deal prevailed.
WS-13 is undergoing trials. Developing an engine for an aircraft that will be flying tens of thousands of feet in the air and flown to its limits is not exactly an easy task. Give it time to reach fruition.
, radar (from Thales - lets see if u guys are able to get ) avionics (French at this point are not giving you owing , better not get into the reason. )
Based on reports I read, the Pakistani pilots are very much satisfied with the Chinese avionics. As for Thales radar, lets not get presumptuous. Let’s see what happens and what doesn’t happen. PAF already has alternatives lined up. They are not naive or stupid to rely solely on one platform.
Now Chinese developed a fighter plane for u without an engine ,or decent Radar or decent avionics package.
China and Pakistan jointly designed and tested the Thunder. Once again, if PAF is satisfied and that it met certain parameters, then I don’t think a superficial analysis by one ‘’uglyindian’’ will have any relevance or legitimacy ---albeit you are free to voice your views, regardless of how much it deviates from the truth or logic
Since IAF has sufficient funds for its modernization and unlike PAF and so there is no need for IAF to parade their LCA in front of prospective African clients.
Fair enough, so with these ‘’sufficient funds’’ –where is the sufficient end result? And if you claim that LCA will be a superior aircraft, then why aren’t any orders or inquiries coming in?
For the record, Azeri and Algerian air forces have confirmed orders in the medium-long run. Egypt has also ‘’hopped aboard’’ and is discussing acquisition and production rights, similar to K8 Karakorum arrangement.
And instead of doing all this IAF is putting its energies in giving LCA a better engine , radar.
Kaveri engine (getting assistance from CIAM of Russia) is not completed yet; nor is the radar or the aircraft itself. Let the first batch be released, then we can talk about it. According to indian source (
Kaveri Engine Project update) it wont be spinning for another 5 years. You talk about French radars and other components when your LCA currently is using American engine from General electric!
and Farnborough Air Show is for the world to see; not just ''African clients''
Given the ridiculously tight schedule and short notice PAF was working with, I would say they did pretty darned well. Thunder got much attention and much acclaim (MashAllah). Press reports have spoken quite in favour of the aircraft, and you may browse through those articles on your own time.
So i guess ''parading'' them around paid off, and will pay off in the future as this relatively young platform continues to grow, blossom and mature.
Still the question remains how many Thunder sold at air show.
Your question was already answered. Learn to read properly. Yes?