Pakistan could drop US as supplier of military Aircraft for PAF

[Falcon26]

Link ?

Made the claim during his appearance at the USIP today.

https://www.usip.org/events/pakistans-foreign-minister-relations-us

 

[BATMAN]

Musharraf canceling F-16 order was the beginning!

 

[MultaniGuy]

Musharraf canceling F-16 order was the beginning!

Musharraf was wise to leave USA F-16 market.

China can fill in the gap.

 

[BATMAN]

Musharraf was wise to leave USA F-16 market.

China can fill in the gap.

China + Pakistan together are a great mix to fill more than a gap.

 

[khanasifm]

JF-17 (block 3 and 4) should be the propriety since we can build and customized these at home.
Other available options for Pakistan are J-10C, J-11/J-16, SU-35, J-31, J-20 or joint venture with Turkey and China.




Pakistan purchased CASA CN235-220 aircrafts from Indonesia

From the camo color desert Of the Sam battery being shown in video/still images and being inspected, it’s looks like at least these batteries will be for southern command or central command desert area strike CORP coverage

Guessing

 

[SSGcommandoPAK]

Pakistan has no policy to not buy from USA , we just want to diversify our Defensive purchase from different countries and expand our relations with many countries

Also focusing on our local Industry and needs for defence


Pakistan - Turkey = Migem Corvettes
Pakistan - Turkey = Fleet Tanker
Pakistan - Turkey = T-129 Attack helicopter
Pakistan - Turkey = Turkish Sniper Pods

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Pakistan - Dutch = OPV Ships
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Pakistan Sweden = Awacs purchase new ones

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Pakistan - China = LY-80
Pakistan - China = HQ-7B
Pakistan - China = 8 Sumarines
Pakistan - China = Z-10
Pakistan - China = Offshore patrol boat
Pakistan - China = 6-10 Offshore Patrol Ships

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Pakistan - France = Improvements on JF17 Thunder
Pakistan - France = Light helicopters
Pakistan - France = ATR Recon planes

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Pakistan - Russia = Mi-35M
Pakistan - Russia = Mi-19
Pakistan - Russia = S-300
Pakistan - Russia = Igala Shoulder Fired missiles
Pakistan - Russia = JF17 Thunder power plants
Pakistan - Russia = Klashinokov Licence production

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Pakistan - South America (MOU of strategic nature)
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Pakistan - Poland (Assault Rifles)
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Pakistan-US Super Cobras (Late as always)
Pakistan-US Ocassional F16 updates (Missed on deal after we wasted 2 years)
Paksitan-US Ocassional Bell Choppers
Pakistan - US one retired OHP ship de-armed
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Pakistan - Fast Attack Boats (Local Production)
Pakistan - JF17 Program
Pakistan - Al Khalid Program for local defensive nature
Pakistan - Nuclear Submarine Program
Pakistan - Hamza APC Program



I think every country in world is diversifying their defence purchase and not relying on just 1 supplier

Criteria for Selection of a Vendor / Weapon supplier

a) Friendliness
b) Fast delivery
c) Less hassle
d) Respectful
e) Cooporative

A very standard requirement for defence partner


Tomorrow may be if we see something good from UK we will buy it or may be we see something nice from Korea we will buy it , or may be Indonesia might have something we like so again focus is on many suppliers

Assault riffles from Poland ?
Sir which assault riffles are we getting from Poland ?
@Zarvan

 

[Signalian]

US will sell Us more F16 or even F15s if we play our cards right .

If pakistan starts to show enmity towards China and does exactly whats its told by USA in every scenario all the time, then yes that's possible.

 

[Cyberian]

Well, Pakistan is keen on acquiring the J-31 as a replacement for F-16s as soon as it's available, which still years away. Nevertheless, I see your point. But it's less about acquiring new frames (or even used ones), and more about maintaining existing fleet. I'm sure PAF has a healthy supply of spare parts on hand, but what about armament, especially for COIN ops? Is JF-17 ready to fill that role?

J-31 production begins in 2019... same time as your Rafales start arriving (if there are no delays with the Rafale delivery).

 

[Cyberian]

It is pakistan's prime fighter.

Replacement due.

 

[WhyCry]

Replacement due.

with what?

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Makes no difference to USA - they weren't exactly relying on any Pak orders; and are more than busy filling other international orders.

But at least now we can finally forget the F16s and move on to something better.

wrong title . its nothing about Pakistan being US buyer. Arab states have ample demand worth in billions on regular basis

the subject matter is about Pakistan's scaling down of its support and access to American logistics towards its war on Afghanistan.