why would you waste time to reinvent the wheel and waste resources, there is something called practicality
should Pakistan build its own engine for JF17?
how about ASEA radar?
how about the EW suite?
No and No, Chinese spent decades and even now ASEA is not ready Pakistan can spend the entire 21st century
no there is no sense in this kind of patriotism If thats what you want to call it
should Pakistan fit its own IFR?
how about composites?
how about landing gear?
Yes and Yes, PAF has limited budget and it needs to address the important issue first
there is common sense required here, you do/do not realise how complicated a ultra long range air to air missile is?
the seeker alone would take years of draining our resources and we would be 10% of the way there and even if it mastered it the components would never be a advanced as Chinese or American we dont have the core technology and Chinese could easily stop the integration process if they changed the source codes
lets make our own satellite and our own GPS? how about core nuclear reactors and then go bankrupt?
theres being ambitious and theres having a inflated view of ourselves
certain things will benefit us if we do it ourselves others we will lose
a country like ours have limited resources we cant start dreaming of everything indigenous, rather develop what we can and buy what we cant
COVID pandemic ? Even UK bought ventilators from China and so did US, Pakistan is more developed than UK and US? again level headed thinking is needed here