J-10 Thread IV
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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100 percent clear that it is WS-10 now.
Can any senior member enlighten me about the price of J-10C variant ,i tried to look at various articles they are stating different prices . A rough estimate will do . Thanks in advance
Wait for leaks from Pakistan side. Don’t expect any accurate information to come out from the Chinese side, which is ridiculous when it comes to secrecy.
Same with stats on the aircraft like radar performance, weight, etc.
We indo-pak people aren't good at stating facts if you know what i mean
I think the military will exaggerate capabilities but probably won’t make exaggerated claims about hard numbers.
Hard numbers on radar/missiles/ECM will always remain highly classified. Any claimed leaks won't be reliable. What we may hear about is kinematic performance from reliable sources, once this bird is inducted in CCS and faces Vipers and Thunders in DACT.
The Shaheen exercises between the PAF and PLAAF will get elevated to a whole other level now, as both sides will be fielding multiple AESA platforms. Tactics development will speed up and get more advanced.
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I don't have the time to go back and read through the pages since I'm new to this forum (I'm sure you recognize me from the PDF forum). So can you summarize please?Yes, but you are a bit late to the party ... just look the pages before!
By the way ... according to my information, the first two for the PAF will fly to Pakistan today. Right that moment a PLAAF Bombardier business jet has arrived at Chengdu factory airport and both J-10CPs have been seen with fuel tanks installed.
The sales of J-10C to PAF is a significant breakthrough and represents a landmark of sort for Chinese arms export. It's in the same category of the exports of platforms that currently are in service with PLAAF & PLAN such as 054A/039B/071/HQ-9.
There have been rumors about Turkey interest in J-10C too. Not sure how serious of the interest. Should it come through, it would be yet another milestone. Pakistan and Turkey are all relatively strong military powers, with Turkey even being part of NATO. They're more sophisticated customers than Bangladesh or Thailand, say.
There have been rumors about Turkey interest in J-10C too. Not sure how serious of the interest. Should it come through, it would be yet another milestone. Pakistan and Turkey are all relatively strong military powers, with Turkey even being part of NATO. They're more sophisticated customers than Bangladesh or Thailand, say.
This is pure BS! Turkey is a NATO member and a most important one so they surely won't purchase a Chinese fighter and you can be sure, the USA will do everything to prevent this nor would China ever sell one of the best fighters to a NATO member.
As such it is most likely exactly the reason, why this is mentioned .. to gain some concessions from the US.
But we should leave that all out of the J-10 thread!