The PAF could argue that it needs a high-tech solution to address a capability gap (before the Block-III). However, most off-the-shelf options are expensive
Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production, Rana Tanveer Hussain, and representatives from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and Pakistan Ordnance Factories …
The capabilities that make high-quality imports valuable ought to be embraced and then extended to the PAF’s mainstay fighter platform – the JF-17 Thunder.