To be hoi, that's what i thought too. But they must have more than just a few good reasons that makes them considering a chinese made engine.
JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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Ducks ?Ducks in a row...
Yeah usually ducks in a row refer to something easy to shoot. Not an apt comparison.
No, Thunders.Ducks in a row...
Falcons of the sky.
Do not even think to come near these birds. These are lethal to the enemies of Pakistan.
The PAF's Block 52 Vipers still use Pratt & Whitney motors even though everyone else (except Israel I think) switched to GE. It's much easier and cheaper to maintain a powerplant from a manufacturer you're already using, rather than switching manufacturers late in the game. If a switch was made, all older blocks would be switched during overhaul, but for a long time it would mean maintaining 2 separate engine pipelines, which would raise the program cost. That's something the PAF would avoid if possible.
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Ducks in a row...
"The aircraft is installed with many commercial off-the-shelf technologies from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the report said. These include a new and larger holographic wide-angle head-up display and integrated cockpit display similar to the one used by the J-20"
Interesting that technologies used in JF-17 (or J-20 for that matter) are classified as being "commercial off-the-shelf".
... at least the two AGMs.