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Its very widely reported for a very long time, confirmed by many top PAF officials on the record. A simple google search would have saved you embarrassment.
China, Pakistan Agree To Produce New Fighter Jets -FT
05-09-05 04:33 PM EST
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Pakistan and China have agreed to start joint production of a new fighter aircraft intended as a replacement for the aging French and Chinese aircraft used by Pakistan‘s Air Force, the Financial Times reports in an article on its Web site Monday, citing a senior Pakistani airforce officer.
The agreement, the newspaper says, comes only two months after the U.S. offered to sell F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan, reversing sanctions applied almost 15 years ago in protest at Islamabad‘s nuclear weapons program. The first four of the JF-17 “Thunder” aircraft would be delivered to Pakistan next year for trial flights, while the supply of a total of 150 aircraft would begin in 2007, said Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, director of the JF-17 project.
China‘s Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute is the architect of the JF-17 while its prototypes, first flown last year by Pakistani test pilots, were made by the Chengdu Aircraft Company based in Sichuan province, according to the FT.
”The (JF-17) project is not only of strategic importance to the air force but it has far-reaching implications both for the national defense and economic prosperity of Pakistan,” Air Vice Marshal Latif said in a rare press briefing, according to the FT. Pakistan and China were planning to produce at least 400 JF-17 fighters, with the balance of 250 of them on order for China‘s airforce. Pakistani air force officials said that, under the agreement between their two countries, half the fighters would be produced on an assembly line in China while the other half would be made in Pakistan.
A Pakistani government official said the JF-17 project was being pursued with a view to exporting the fighter to other countries once the aircraft has established a service record with Pakistan. “It‘s the first time China plans to export the JF-17 to another country and Pakistan‘s experience could help China with its future marketing efforts,” he said, according to the newspaper.
Dow Jones Newswires
05-09-05 1633ET
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Poor manners and poor intellect. There is little to discuss here. You’re going to my ignore list.
that is old news from almost 10 year ago. china do not need jf17 because j10 is replacing j7. and j31 will be replacing j10 already!
jf17 is a project china design for export that is all.
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