"The Chief of Air Staff further added that the current Air Staff Requirements (ASR) for the 5th generation fighter jet, which include “twin-engine single-seater, boasting the likes of super-cruise and laser weapons (directed energy weapons).”"
sooo, whos right? This tall guy or COAS?
Good point. I'm with you that a twin engine makes more sense. However, here are a few points you are pointing to:
1. Twin engine (during development, this could be rethought)
2. Super cruising (let's hope, will depend on engine power)
3. laser weapons (no contradiction or disagreement)
4. 5th generation (other reports suggest 5.5). This means little as a stealthy layout would kind of be open to interpretation if its 5th or 5.5. or "4.9" as some Europeans like to talk of.
Mature people also dont spread false, moronic rumours then throw a hissy fit when called out
I've replied politely to you. I'm not sure where that came from. By the way, what false rumour have I spread? Good luck getting a positive response next time.
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I'm going to trudge along despite the multiple hijacking attempts here to derail the thread.
A twin engine vs a single engine.
A twin engine conventional layout makes no sense for the Azm because it would be too close to the J-31 and would essentially be a modified J-31. Which is what TheTallGuy suggested may be the most logical thing to do for Pakistan.
If its a twin engined conventional layout, it would be hard to believe its going to be a newly conceived design as the CAS suggested. So either way, you end up with a contradiction. In one case, its not a freshly conceived design as the CAS suggests, and in the other case - it makes no sense to reinvent the wheel when there is a J-31.
As of now, I'm thinking that the Azm will be a clean-sheet design. Either a conventional layout or a canard delta. The following possibilities exist for it:
1. An enlarged, stealthy JF-17 type design with WS-15. (by that I mean a conventional layout very broadly similar to the JF-17 / F-16.
2. A J-31 derivative
3. A "twin engined J-10" derivative that is designed with relative stealth in mind.