The PAF could upgrade its existing JF-17 fleet to acquire fleet-wide ‘first-shot’ and stand-off range strike capabilities in the next five years.
Pakistan was left with the choice of fully abandoning any and all efforts for nuclear weapons – or see itself closed off from Washington’s favour.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) took delivery of its three JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighters from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC).
China and Turkey have laid the keels of the Pakistan Navy’s third Type 054A/P frigate and second MILGEM corvette, respectively. Pakistan will also receive its first Type 054A/P in the summer.
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) are looking to seal new JF-17 contracts with Argentina and Malaysia.
A recent photo of a JF-17 Block-III prototype (3001) equipped with the PL-10 high-off-boresight (HOBS) air-to-air missile (AAM) shows that weapons integration is underway.
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) studying the idea of developing a new ‘fourth-generation’ fighter to replace its F-16s, so ‘next-generation’ fighters may not all be stealth-focused.
To bring its next-generation fighter (MMU) to fruition, Turkey realized that it would need to develop a wide range of critical inputs. Its efforts are now gaining traction.
Having appointed its next Chief of Air Staff – Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu – the PAF will be looking ahead to several key programs in the 2020s.
Now would be the absolute worst time to be left behind technologically, especially due to easily fixable faults in Pakistan’s systems.