Kamran Khan is a pretty reputable reporter. Don’t dismiss this report too easily.

LCA’s nose is about the same size as the M2K’s

Getting back to pics…
Although not air force pics, interesting nontheless.

This is the naval variant of the Prithvi missile named Dhanush. The missile will most likely not enter service rather it is being used as tech demonstrator for testing launching ballistic missiles at sea. It is not clear what technologies exactly are being tested with the Dhaush and its apparatus.

One of the safety guidelines for a two-engined plane is that it must be able to fly straight with one engine. If one engine goes out on a two-engined plane, the remaining operational engine will induce a yaw moment since it’s off center. The rudder surface area must be enough to be able to counter act and manuever in the opposite direction if need be.

With the rudder surface area as the main design driver, there’s two (practical) design trade offs : First is to have a really large single fin with the req’d surface area. Or secondly, two smaller fins with the req’d surface area. One has to run design optimization tools to find out what’s the better choice for a particular aircraft.

Musharraf is now in Finland. Does Haaglunds make anything PAF might be looking at?

Is it a cranked delta or a compound delta? Any difference?

The situation was win-win for Pakistan actually.
If they got the Gripen, then they would have a the high-end fighter, they’ve been looking for, for the next 30 yrs.

If they didn’t get the Gripen, then their economy improves. Either way, Pakistan wins.