Pakistan adds home-made fighter jets to airforce
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KARACHI: The head of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) said on Tuesday that 50 home-assembled multi-role JF-17 Thunder fighter jets had been introduced into the Pakistan airforce.
Air Marshal Javed Ahmed, chief of the PAC, said the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had already received 50 of the home-made aircraft and that the supply of the second block would start this month.
“The five aircraft of the next block would be inducted (into PAF) this year,” Air Marshal Javed Ahmed, told AFP on the sidelines of the International Defence Exhibition And Seminars (Ideas) in Karachi, an arms fair that brings together dealers from all over the world.
Pakistan has been manufacturing the JF-17 aircraft since 2009 with the help of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation of China (CACC).
“JF-17 is a modern aircraft, it fulfils all the needs of PAF, it is affordable, the cockpit is very user friendly, all beyond visual range attack capabilities as well as stand of deliveries are available at this aircraft, “Ahmed said.
Pakistani ordnance factories have recently been making attempts to develop arms to meet domestic needs, as well as seeking to tap into the export market.
“A lot of international customers from developing countries have shown interest in the aircraft and we are in active negotiations with many countries,” the PAC chief said.
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Dec 02, 2014 09:21pm
Paf zindabad
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Dec 02, 2014 09:26pm
India is looking for new fighter aircrafts
Sell and make money
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Dec 02, 2014 09:29pm
Chinese in disguise.
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Dec 02, 2014 09:32pm
I am sorry for disappointment but home assembled fighters don't count the same as indigenous fighters.HAL tejas by IAF is an example of home made and home designed fighter plane.
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Dec 02, 2014 09:36pm
There is big difference between home made and home assembled.
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Dec 02, 2014 09:41pm
Long Live Pak armed forces
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Dec 02, 2014 09:46pm
@being human
your pain is understandable
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Dec 02, 2014 09:49pm
well done Pakistan
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Dec 02, 2014 10:23pm
@khal Nigrahanay Like you have Russian and Israeli in disguise.
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Dec 02, 2014 10:36pm
Good news,taken a little longer than expected, alas it's here hope it's preventative measures will deter any Dushman, further new enhanced technology will make great export sale.
Good luck PAF
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Dec 02, 2014 10:55pm
Great achievement, even if it is only assembled in Pakistan, still it requires lot of hard work. When India label things as home made, who knows how much is home.
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Dec 02, 2014 11:19pm
Congratulations Pakistan. We should invest more time and money on our defence budget.
The indians won't like this at all.
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Dec 02, 2014 11:51pm
@ConcerenedPakistani : hahaha. Loved your comment
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Dec 03, 2014 12:18am
@being human "HAL tejas by IAF is an example of home made and home designed fighter plane." Good you keep churning out your home made Tejas and we will continue to induct our home assembled JF-17s.
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Dec 03, 2014 12:31am
The best fighter aircraft in the world for the best airforce in the world.
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Dec 03, 2014 01:14am
I wish we had made similar progress in educating our children and cleaning our cities and bringing some efficioency in our hospitals.
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Dec 03, 2014 01:15am
Keep on building and deploying even economically not so feasible. It eventually becomes feasible as it is indigenous.
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Dec 03, 2014 03:06am
Great job PAF ........always leading the way.
We wish you the best to corner the market of the developing world. offering Pilot training and ground support technical know how.
Super opportunity for job creation, add 24 X 7 shifts at Kamra Complex and afford our people an opportunity to prosper.
SUPER JOB .........BY SUPER .......... PAF.
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Dec 03, 2014 04:52am
HAL Tejas can't even fly for longer than half an hour and JF-17 has moved to Block-2. Over 5 years has passed since we inducted The Thunders, and LCA is still on the drawing board; for over 30 years now! There is no comparison at all. Our K-8 trainers are more potent than the LCA, as of today.
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Dec 03, 2014 04:55am
Well done Nawaz Sharif. We are proud of you
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Dec 03, 2014 05:01am
@being human don't you get the engines from usa what indigenous are you talking about here
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Dec 03, 2014 05:09am
If JF-17 is such a wonderful fighter plane, why were second hand F-16s purchased from Jordan ?
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Dec 03, 2014 05:16am
Great achievement. However I would be happier if Pakistan makes aircrafts for civilian purposes rather than for defence purposes. Lets work to create a geo political environment where we do not need to make fighter jets.
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Dec 03, 2014 05:21am
Very proud of our PAF's sound decision to bring partial manufacturing to Pakistan thanks to our long time dear friend China. We are much better off having Chinese assistance in all phases of our defense industry since the latest high tech advancements are now being designed in China.
India military has long depended upon Russia which is behind HAL, for without Russia, India's military would be on par with Nepal or Tibet ; ) Only now India is seeing greener pastures with the USA, so all we can say to our foes next door: GOOD LUCK and oh yes.. keep one eye open at all times when dealing with America.
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Dec 03, 2014 06:09am
@being human i thought india has sold both tejas and arjunk olx
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Dec 03, 2014 06:19am
Oh please stop calling it indigenous plane..
It's a Chinese made kits that you assemble here
Read more about it
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Dec 03, 2014 06:26am
If you think JF 17(FC-1 for Chinese)
Is of Pakistani origin
Then great keeping calling it
Now I wonder why the situation of Pakistan is so feeble
Common people can't even understand the difference between assembled and "make "
Jf17 block 1 doesn't even have air refueling probe, it's all steel no composite as common in modern combat airplanes
And then you call jf17 modern and trying to sell it to India..hehe
No wonder
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Dec 03, 2014 06:28am
@Agha Ata did you do something in fields you mentioned.
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Dec 03, 2014 06:28am
What abt toilet for millions of pakistsnis ?
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Dec 03, 2014 06:31am
@ConcerenedPakistani no if it is Russian and Israeli (well just to tell you we don't have any Israeli combat plane) we say it on face
We don't create propaganda
Most of our plane are assembled on India
Majority of them are manufactured from scratch unlike yours
Su 30mki is an example of this
BTW su30mki is an product of co development of Russian Indian companies
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Dec 03, 2014 06:32am
This is made for costomers like somalian pirates.
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Dec 03, 2014 07:06am
@anony Please do. Indian defence budget is almost 8 times of Pakistan. You should try and beat India in defence spending to ensure your security and prosperity. For the record - Indians would love it.....
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Dec 03, 2014 07:18am
@Irfan Baloch --- thats's my man.
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Dec 03, 2014 07:24am
For our indian friends boasting about their HAL Tejas should know that its engine is American ,its radar,sensors and countermeasure systems are israeli along with several important avionics.In fact the pilots seat itself is foreign!So yeah so much for 'hindustani design'.
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Dec 03, 2014 07:43am
as all the airports crumble.
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Dec 03, 2014 07:51am
I hope it comes with a warrantee!
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Dec 03, 2014 08:02am
well atleast our JF-17 is better than A-5s, F-7s, and Mirages that it is replacing... otherwise I dont think it is an aircraft up to the standards of F-16 or other maneuverable aircraft. We need to study this aircraft, and make better ones at home, NOT assembling.
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Dec 03, 2014 08:06am
pak. is using such fighter jets only to attack their own people.so far india is concern has never attck on pak. so no question of fighting with pak.. more and more arms and ammunations recvd or manufactur by pak. ultimately using towards thier own people..see the existing picture. india will fire only when kargil like incident will taken place. in kargil also pak. did not use such weapons. india used..in kargil pak. soldiers killed and pak. army did not accept dead body of soldiers.
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Dec 03, 2014 08:13am
@balakrishnan Sorry Dude this article had nothing to do with toilets and since you brought it up let me clarify that here in Pakistan its not even considered an issue. We have other issues and let us handle them. In the meantime i have copied a link below that would take you to the biggest gutter of the world. I hope you can relate to that....so long!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29502603
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Dec 03, 2014 08:23am
@balakrishnan Like somalian like ajmal qasab, does it matter? we certainly had an edge over IAF during previous wars and we will continue to dominate the air battles in future as well, God Willing!
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Dec 03, 2014 08:27am
@khal Nigrahanay So ?
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Dec 03, 2014 08:28am
We need this development but not all Engineering should be focused on this. 60% of our tech. should be in real industrial development. Where are those developments?
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Dec 03, 2014 08:33am
@NORI Why are Indians getting so much stomach cramps from second hand F-16s ( assuming they were really second hand). And considering the rate at which India lost its' MiGs in the not too distant past and the still problematic IAF fleet , it is surprising the Indians are telling Pakistan about the state of their Air force .
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Dec 03, 2014 01:20pm
Answer any one of the single question. How did the US Navy seals entered the Abbottabad sky?
Airmarshal Javed: Our airforce was vigilant 24 hours. It must have come in the 25th hour which is out of our radars control
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Dec 03, 2014 02:10pm
@PAF Daughter Epic reply !! :-)
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Dec 04, 2014 05:50pm
Didn't know PAC was that advanced.
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Dec 04, 2014 05:55pm
@NORI
To terrify India.
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Dec 05, 2014 12:42am
Great news.
I hope that Pakistan govt increases defense budget to 25bn USD per year. India spend close to 50 and if we want to secure our border and people, we need to spend money to upgrade and strengthen our navy and army.
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Dec 05, 2014 05:51am
@Agha Ata see India and you will appreciate how far we are ahead.
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Dec 05, 2014 05:53am
@NORI different functions. F-16 can carry a heavier load of nuclear arsenal and further, for target focused strikes. J-17 has lesser capacity.
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Dec 05, 2014 06:03am
@CC Pakistan is loving it, all this money on useless expensive arms India buys from west,is from India borrowing from world Bank. That is why Indian economy is tottering. And India can't take on Pakistan. So it is truly wasted money.
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Dec 05, 2014 06:05am
@Xoxo we are nuclear and have bigger arsenal. That is enough.
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Dec 05, 2014 07:12am
Did I miss something? Never mentioned anywhere about "assembled". Can anyone enlightened me about this.
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