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Originally Posted by mercenary2k
Pak should get the Chinese J-10 Fighters which are comparable to F-16's......
don't know why Pak Air Force is so obsessed with F-16's....just get the chinese to give us their J-10 fighters and we are good to go
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Pakistan has singed a deal with China for 35-40 FC-20 advance version of J-10. cost about 45 million dollars each..
The reason why PAF is so "obsessed" with F-16 is because its cheap and the technology is very up to date.. specially when these F-16 block 15 will be upgraded "MLU" they will be brought up to USAF F-16 block 52 standard... Turkey and Pakistan will upgrade them starting from 2009..
PAF will also receive 18-36 Block 52+ advance version of block 52.. and plus they come with a better armament package like one of the most advance AMRAM Aim-120 C5 and GPS guided kits JDAMs for gravity bombs which turns them into pin point accurate..
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Originally Posted by gesto
Chinese technology is not reliable.
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What makes you say that? because they have successfully revers engineered Mig-21 -> J-7 and even Su-27-> J-11, indigenous J-10 and now working on 5th generation stealth fighters with Russia or you are just showing your indianess??
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Originally Posted by Jaan Leva
I think I know why PAF is so obsessed with F-16s... it might sound stupid but us Pakistanis are the champions when it comes to superstitious beliefs.
Other than JF-17, and limited numbers of J-10, it would serve Pakistan better if PAF was equiped with aircrafts like Eurofighter or gripen.
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What kind of logic is that??
KSA bought 72 EF-2000 for 45 billion dollars and do you think with Mr-10% around and drowning economy we can afford 70+ million dollars aircraft?