litman
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it seems PAF has judged the situation well now. PAF is not wasting money on any new fourth gen platform. they are just maintaining and upgrading the existing ones. 4th gen jets are things of the past now. they are useful against poorly equipped enemy only. in case of pak -ind war neither of the two air forces can carry out deep strike into the enemy territory. it is even more difficult for PAF as we have lesser number of jets. with AWACS , SAMs and BVR capable jets defending an air space the whole of the aggressor force will be totally annihilated even before reaching their target specially during the early days of war. if God forbid a war breaks out today PAF must stay in its air space and they will carry out ground strikes close to the border. they wont make the mistake of going deeper. no 4th gen jet can do the job effectively now. the 26- 27 feb operations both by the IAF and PAF showed that both the air forces had to use a large no of air crafts in the strike package in order to carry out minor strikes close to the border . the IAF used everything at its disposal and manged to destroy only few trees. this is the worth of 4th gen jets today. i dont say that they are totally useless today but only the fifth gen jets can effectively neutralize the enemy both in the air and on the ground today. so PAF must focus on getting a couple of squadrons of fifth gen jets . the 4th gen jets will only be able to inflict damage to the enemy force under the umbrella of fifth gen jets. so a combination of fifth gen jet, F-16s, JFTs and upgraded mirages will be sufficient to meet our requirments in near future. If JFT can replace the mirage in ground strike role it will be a great benefit. full scale war between india and pak is unlikely and if it happened then we wont be needing jets as the whole region will be totally destroyed.