Dizasta1
Senior Member
I am so annoyed JF17 Block III has been delayed till 2021
production won't start till end of next year
some one should be help responsible for this
I am so angry right now
50 units built in 3 years all advantage has been lost !!!!!!!!
Empathy is warranted, though one ought to keep in mind that at the time when Imran Khan took office, Pakistan required $12 billion in order to avoid default on its debt. Such was the recklessness of the previous government. And even though the $12 billion has nothing to do with JF-17 Thunder's Block-lll development (since budgetary allocations were already earmarked for all the branches of the military), the military has shown some caution in the wake of the country's fiscal limitations.
Again, this does not affect the Thunder program. It is more than likely, that there are some changes/alterations being incorporated into the Block-llls. This block of Thunders will give Pakistan Air Force a phenomenal capability, in comparison to its current capability. And we shouldn't be so quick to forget how the program had resolved a major hurdle at the start of the program, when the then ACM Mushaf Ali Mir, de-coupled Thunder's avionics package from the aircraft's development. This helped the program move forward without a hitch and allow Pakistan Air Force to start inducting Thunders at a decent pace. Aside from sounding optimistic, it is clear that Block-lll Thunders would be definitively a big step forward in terms of capabilities. Particularly when the possibility of acquiring J-10Cs is all but shut down and the likelihood of acquiring Block-52 Vipers is out of our reach. Pakistan Air Force has decisively taken the decision to forge ahead with Thunders. It is because the next big ticket item for Pakistan Air Force (in 10-12 year's time) will be Gen-5 Stealth Fighters. Wait for it brother, it's more than likely that none of us would be disappointed with the Block-lll Thunders, in-sha-Allah.
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