I find it hard to believe they somehow added ~1500kg to the empty weight...
JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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Hi,
on JF17 Chinese engine integration might be on demand by the relevant country, as during
the blk1 of JF17 with Russian engines were solely the responsibility of China to get a non stop
supply from Russia, and I’m sure by the passage of time russian engines will be phase out from
Pakistani inventory once they are out of their cycle life though initially Pakistan got a handsome
eg of Russian engines during the blk 1 integration manufacturing etc, but some of the countries
might not want Russian engines in their jets due to unforeseen circumstances or might not have
direct Russian access for future integration with blk3
thank you
on JF17 Chinese engine integration might be on demand by the relevant country, as during
the blk1 of JF17 with Russian engines were solely the responsibility of China to get a non stop
supply from Russia, and I’m sure by the passage of time russian engines will be phase out from
Pakistani inventory once they are out of their cycle life though initially Pakistan got a handsome
eg of Russian engines during the blk 1 integration manufacturing etc, but some of the countries
might not want Russian engines in their jets due to unforeseen circumstances or might not have
direct Russian access for future integration with blk3
thank you
1 WS-13E = WS-21,
2 There is no update on suppose FA-50 Egyptian deal, likely goes to J10CE.
There is a 12 J10CE Indonesia signed, according to Allen.
3 Countries with J10CE rumor: Egypt, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh
4 Countries with JF-17 rumor: Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and authorities in eastern Libya, alongside previously acknowledged discussions with Bangladesh and Iraq.
AFAIK no JF-17 was seen with WS-21 either?
Didn't Cute Orca et al already shut this case down?
Can't believe that we're going to see "But at what cost?!" in the military export domain, but here we are.
SteelBird
Colonel
Me too. I think the page is being blocked by certain ISP.
It is not accessible for me either. Seems like the website is restricting all "non-Pakistani" countries?.
The talk on the Pakistan sites it that it could be financed by Saudia Arabia. Not much more than that yet.
Edit: Somalia was under a UN sanction from 1992 which restricted the acquisition of any heavy military equipment. This sanction was lifted in 2023.
I think Somalia is the most likely next operator (if funds can be sorted) due to their complex situation. They really don't have any other choice for an air force unless they want to restrict themselves to drones (in which case, it would be Turk drones).
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