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I was going through Wikileaks data and came across a USA stratfor company intelligence report about Pakistan's Jf-17 and possible J-20 deal. Thought I should make a thread and get the views of the community.
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor
Fwd: [EastAsia] CHINA/PAKISTAN/MIL - More on JF-17 Thunder and Other
Military Assistance
An update:
China is in talks with Pak about the J-20 as well.
There is also mention of China launching a satellite for Pak in August
2011. I believe this was already in the works, but just being reaffirmed
here.
Even if these are already in the works, there is clearly an attempt to
stress these military deals in the media.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [EastAsia] CHINA/PAKISTAN/MIL - More on JF-17 Thunder and Other
Military Assistance
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:14:55 -0500
From: Melissa Taylor <melissa.taylor@stratfor.com>
Reply-To: East Asia AOR <eastasia@stratfor.com>
To: East Asia AOR <eastasia@stratfor.com>, OS@stratfor.com
Contradictory dates of delivery, but the June 2012 date is clearly the
more realistic.
China to provide Pakistan 50 Thunder jets, talks for stealth on
May 19, 2011
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/c...n-50-thunder-jets-talks-for-stealth-on-106991
Beijing: China has agreed to immediately provide Pakistan 50 new JF-17
Thunder multi-role jets under a co-production agreement even as talks are
on for more fighter aircraft including those with stealth technology.
China will immediately provide 50 JF-17 Thunder aircraft to Pakistan, an
unnamed official was quoted as saying by the Dawn daily.
"We will get these planes in weeks," he said, adding that a formal
agreement to that effect was likely to be signed today.
The official said Pakistan and China were already jointly producing the
JF-17 aircraft, but these 50 planes would be equipped with more
sophisticated avionics.
He said the war planes to be fully funded by China would help bolster
Pakistan's defence and add to tactical capability of its air force.
The News daily reported that it is likely that these planes will be
supplied by June next year.
It added that the two countries are also discussing the supply of Chinese
J-20 stealth jets and Xiaolong/FC-1 multi-purpose light fighter aircraft
to Pakistan.
They are discussing the mode of payment and the number of planes to be
provided to Pakistan, the report said. With the supply of the new
fighters, Pakistan Air Force will now have a total of 260 Chinese jets,
making them the mainstay of the force.
Meanwhile, in a sign of greater cooperation between the two countries,
China will also launch a satellite for Pakistan on August 14.
The satellite will supply "multifarious data" to Pakistan, the report
said.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was on a visit to China, said both
sides had agreed to increase defence cooperation and China had assured
Pakistan of help in enhancing the capacity of its armed forces.
https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/...a-pakistan-mil-more-on-jf-17-thunder-and.html
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor
Fwd: [EastAsia] CHINA/PAKISTAN/MIL - More on JF-17 Thunder and Other
Military Assistance
An update:
China is in talks with Pak about the J-20 as well.
There is also mention of China launching a satellite for Pak in August
2011. I believe this was already in the works, but just being reaffirmed
here.
Even if these are already in the works, there is clearly an attempt to
stress these military deals in the media.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [EastAsia] CHINA/PAKISTAN/MIL - More on JF-17 Thunder and Other
Military Assistance
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:14:55 -0500
From: Melissa Taylor <melissa.taylor@stratfor.com>
Reply-To: East Asia AOR <eastasia@stratfor.com>
To: East Asia AOR <eastasia@stratfor.com>, OS@stratfor.com
Contradictory dates of delivery, but the June 2012 date is clearly the
more realistic.
China to provide Pakistan 50 Thunder jets, talks for stealth on
May 19, 2011
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/c...n-50-thunder-jets-talks-for-stealth-on-106991
Beijing: China has agreed to immediately provide Pakistan 50 new JF-17
Thunder multi-role jets under a co-production agreement even as talks are
on for more fighter aircraft including those with stealth technology.
China will immediately provide 50 JF-17 Thunder aircraft to Pakistan, an
unnamed official was quoted as saying by the Dawn daily.
"We will get these planes in weeks," he said, adding that a formal
agreement to that effect was likely to be signed today.
The official said Pakistan and China were already jointly producing the
JF-17 aircraft, but these 50 planes would be equipped with more
sophisticated avionics.
He said the war planes to be fully funded by China would help bolster
Pakistan's defence and add to tactical capability of its air force.
The News daily reported that it is likely that these planes will be
supplied by June next year.
It added that the two countries are also discussing the supply of Chinese
J-20 stealth jets and Xiaolong/FC-1 multi-purpose light fighter aircraft
to Pakistan.
They are discussing the mode of payment and the number of planes to be
provided to Pakistan, the report said. With the supply of the new
fighters, Pakistan Air Force will now have a total of 260 Chinese jets,
making them the mainstay of the force.
Meanwhile, in a sign of greater cooperation between the two countries,
China will also launch a satellite for Pakistan on August 14.
The satellite will supply "multifarious data" to Pakistan, the report
said.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was on a visit to China, said both
sides had agreed to increase defence cooperation and China had assured
Pakistan of help in enhancing the capacity of its armed forces.
https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/...a-pakistan-mil-more-on-jf-17-thunder-and.html
