Russian planes in review: Pakistan buying Chinese F-10 fighter aircraft
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Pakistan has decided to buy state-of-the-art Chinese F-10 multi-role fighter-cum-bomber planes, while it will make a decision in July regarding the purchase of US-made F-16s, reports the Gulf Times.
The first batch of JF Thunder-17 aircraft being jointly manufactured by Pakistan and China are expected to be ready for induction into the Pakistan Air Force ahead of schedule early next year. PAF chief Air Chief Marshal Tanveer Mahmood Ahmad will visit China shortly to inspect the project. It will be his first foreign trip as air chief. According to sources in defence production, Defence Production Secretary Lt Gen Ali Jan Orakzai, who visited China last month, had an “extremely fruitful†visit.
Orakzai was tasked by President Gen Pervez Musharraf with exploring the possibilities of acquiring the high-tech planes and other weapons systems, preferably on a technology transfer basis. During his visit to China in February this year, Gen Musharraf became the first foreign dignitary to see a demonstration of the F-10 (also called J-10 or Jian-10) multi-role fighter, which the Chinese had hitherto been very secretive about.
The F-10 has similarities with Israel’s Lavi fighter, but it is more akin to the Russian Sukhoi Su-30 MK multi-role aircraft that has in some aspects outpaced the F-16. Russia recently supplied 100 Su-30s to China. Pakistan plans to initially buy two squadrons of these planes. Orakzai has confirmed Pakistan’s intention to buy the F-10 aircraft.
In a related development, Gulf News reports, Pakistan now plans to buy fewer than half of the new F-16s that it originally intended to buy. Islamabad had indicated it wanted 55 new F-16s, but is now expected to ask for 25 new planes and 30 used planes.
Pakistan is also reported to be eyeing the Russian defence production market. Russia offered to sell helicopters to Pakistan when Gen Musharraf visited Moscow in February 2003, but the deal did not materialise.
Now Islamabad has received positive signals from Moscow regarding the sale of Russian planes, said the sources. Russian technology is very similar to that being used by the Chinese so would not be a problem for Pakistan, the sources said.
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More info on this plane.
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Another page with info about F-10: http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/fighter/j10.asp
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F-10 is great choice for PAF strategically. The F-10 or J-10 is said to rival the F-16C in performance and agility. Distincitve features of F-10 or J10 is the use canards that increases maneaverablity and performance during air to air combats
PAF should try to acquire 3-4 squadron of F-10.
As far Su-25 question, this is the first aircraft that PAF F-16 shotdown near Afghan border during the rusian occupation of Afghanistan. It is no match to an F-7 or MiG 21 in terms of performance and agility. F-7 or MiG 21 is FIghter interceptor and Su-25 is a ground attack aircraft. The Su-25 can be compared to american A-10 thunderbolt minus the gattling gun but it is faster in speed to the A-10.
PAF should try to acquire 3-4 squadron of F-10.
As far Su-25 question, this is the first aircraft that PAF F-16 shotdown near Afghan border during the rusian occupation of Afghanistan. It is no match to an F-7 or MiG 21 in terms of performance and agility. F-7 or MiG 21 is FIghter interceptor and Su-25 is a ground attack aircraft. The Su-25 can be compared to american A-10 thunderbolt minus the gattling gun but it is faster in speed to the A-10.
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