JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread

Deino

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To admit I hope the final design will be a bit more refined or aerodynamic than this crude one ... :(
 

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thunderchief

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Deino said:
To admit I hope the final design will be a bit more refined or aerodynamic than this crude one ... :(
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They would have to redesign whole nose section for retractable probe . If they decide to do that, they would probably attempt to reduce RCS and introduce new radar (AESA or at least PESA) . So, it would probably have to wait for Block III .
 
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ohan_qwe

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Can JF17 be modified to a cheap ground attack/CAS plane for China to replace their old Q5. Because of the insurgent fighting nature of the most modern wars shouldn't an CAS version have good export potential to middle east / African countries
 
thunderchief

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ohan_qwe said:
Can JF17 be modified to a cheap ground attack/CAS plane for China to replace their old Q5. Because of the insurgent fighting nature of the most modern wars shouldn't an CAS version have good export potential to middle east / African countries
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Pakistan plans to integrate as much air-to-ground weapons as they can . But of course, JF-17 is not designed to operate like A-10 or Su-25 , don't expect that. IMHO, China would replace Q-5 with smaller number of multirole fighters like J-10.
 
by78

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Weapons integration test performed on the JF-17:

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MastanKhan

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asif iqbal said:
Pakistan has very little strategic depth the air wars are very short the engagement is seconds not minutes and therefore does not require a radar range of a few hundred kms

The Chinese KLJ-7 provide the capability PAF asked for if it didn't they would have picked a more powerful Chinese radar but the range and capability offered was sufficient within doctrine of the PAF and deal was done with China for the radar which otherwise was going to go to France if you remember the avionics and radar was suppose to be French but after evaluation the Chinese systems which were much better and so a all Chinese unit was picked

PAF has requirement not luxury if something is within the scope of the doctrine and satisfies requirement then it's good enough
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Sir,

Your information is incorrect----if it is intentional then it is misleading----. Paf's first priority was the french radar, electronics package and weapons---paf was way into it in development of the radar when the french pulled the plug due to promises of massive deal from india----& also because the french wanted to punish pakistan for being deceitful to them on other projects.

Paf suffered massive setback in time and deployment of this aircraft. From far superior reliable electronics and weapons system, paf had to settle for the 2nd best---but the biggest loss was that of time---.

The paf chief says that the KLJ is great radar system----what else one expects him to say when there is nothing else availble.
 
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