Deepika Maheshwari
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SL will buy Jf17 .......
Gripen is too expensive, and has AMERICAN engine.
It's almost done deal .....
Politically it does not make sense. Why buy JF-17 from Pakistan? Pakistan has no naval presence in that region or a military strong enough to help SL. If they need political relationship and they are okay with pissing India off, better idea will be to go directly with China then. Why to involve Pakistan at all. Sure as hell China will be having a fighter plane to fulfill their requirements. Or better yet, help them in quickly building a plane that is tailored for their requirement, like they did for Pakistan. Pakistan is a too distant and too small player in that region.
If they need a fighter and need it fast - it will make sense to buy it directly from USA (F-16) - a lot of them are lying around with US due to F-35 replacement and can be sold at a discount and fast OR Russians - Mig 29 comes to mind.