Saudi Arabia expresses interest in JF-17 co-production with Pakistan.

[dontsuspendme]

IAF is waiting for it since three decades

It might be late but latest...

 

[Superboy]

Other than Phillipines, I don't see any country that might be interested in Tejas.

 

[SQ8]

Sir, I don't see why I have to eat my own words. My points are still valid. The spin a PAF Air Cdre may put on things doesn't really change anything.


it's just like when the IAF brass tries to claim the LCA is a fully Indian bird- of course this is a little different as most of the R&D and all of the funding was done in-country- but conveniently overlook many of the key systems are foreign.


You'd agree, at the very least then, that without China there would be no JF-17?


That is not my intention at all. This was just one of my points.

That I agree to . But to say that this is a Chinese project is incorrect. The FC-1 never existed as well before the Super-7 Project. The Birth of the FC-1/JF-17 comes from the Super-7. It was always a Pakistani project.. A Pakistani requirement.. A Pakistani PUSH to the program that got it here.

 

[Superboy]

Pakistan is a partner of JFT just as Spain is a partner of Eurofighter. Simple as that.

 

[rockstar08]

currently,how many are you producing per year

what i read from news and here that probably 17-25 aircrafts in a year

 

[HRK]

More F-16's will always be ordered given that we have $1.3B in FMF to spend every year, the most recent purchase was to replace F-16's lost in accidents/crashes or due to attrition (about 20 fighters, they also put all F-4 Phantoms out of service). The F-16 however may not be a viable option to replace over 100 obsolete fighters...

All MIg-21's/F-7's are due for retirement by 2015 those on their own are about 100-120 fighter jets (all of which are used for point defence attached to the Air Defence Command). The Mirage III/V HORUS needs to be fully retired with only around two squadrons remaining out of 82 delivered. So that's another 24 fighters.

Further F-16 procurement is just a stop gap and any deal with the Russians (there has already been a deal for air defence systems) for jets will also be as capable if not more than the F-16's. What we need is a High-low mix of fighters and the JF-17 with ToT and TopT provides that, and is a very capable fighter for its price tag.

so in short Egypt will retire around 180 jets in coming years ..... but in the presence of around 240 F-16 and potential purchase of Russian aircrafts would there be any operational space available for any other aircraft .... ???

 

[Superboy]

I can definitely see JF-17 achieving a lot more export success compared to its predecessor F-7.

Chengdu J-7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Juice]

Imagine the possibility of US pressure and European kick-backs and commissions (in arms purchases) scuttling the deal.

Have Saudis ever gone beyond the stage of testing with Pakistani arms?
Has there been any purchase?

All I hear is a stake in Nuclear Weapons (because they picked up the tab).
There were also some rumours of Saudi interested in Pakistani Ballistic Missiles. I don't know if there is any truth in that.

Kick-backs? Lol....yeah...that's why the Saudis prefer to buy real jets.

 

[airmarshal]

I dont know why a resourceful country like Saudi Arabia be interested in a platform built for a country like Pakistan which cant purchase expensive jets!

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I dont know why a resourceful country like Saudi Arabia be interested in a platform built for a country like Pakistan which cant purchase expensive jets!

Having Expensive jets doesn't mean they're the best.

 

[Juice]

Having Expensive jets doesn't mean they're the best.

You're right. Buying the best jets mean they are the best.

 

[Superboy]

I dont know why a resourceful country like Saudi Arabia be interested in a platform built for a country like Pakistan which cant purchase expensive jets!

Oil ain't going to last forever.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

You're right. Buying the best jets mean they are the best.

Yeah. We always seek the best ..

Next year the delivery & the upgrade of our F-15SA will start. The upgrades will come first and the delivery fallows two years later.

The entire 153 F-15s order will be delivered by 2020.

Oil ain't going to last forever.

Sorry but you will have to wait for centuries then at this point.

Man, why everybody hates us?

 

[Luftwaffe]

Other than Phillipines, I don't see any country that might be interested in Tejas.

Bad news, Philippines might opt for KAI-T50 golden eagle, teja rano is left out again.

 

[slapshot]

Anyone remember this old thread JF-17 In Saudi Arabia

Maybe those leaked images now make more sense