It is very ambitious for sure, but not impossible. It’s still gonna be a 10+ year development cycle, and Pakistan won’t be making some of the most complicated stuff like the engines, those will come from J-31 or TFX or something like that. that’s why 2030 is a realistic goal for its first flight and even induction.
It’s hard to predict the future, maybe you’ll be right, maybe I’ll be right, maybe we’ll both be wrong. Either way, let’s hope PAF makes the correct decision, for now we will just wait for these J-10Cs, hopefully a credible source comes forward soon and PAF buys them with the Chinese engines. Can’t wait to see them in PAF colors