PAF wants to improvement fighter jets
for long fight against rebels
PARIS: A senior air force official said, Pakistan wants to upgrade its old fleet of fighter jets in expectation of a long fight against rebels and also purchase of fifth-generation planes would only be a last option.
Pakistan, a nationalist revolt in Baluchistan along its Iranian border, fighting a Taliban rebellion in the familial areas, and also has a heavily militarized and disputed border with India in the east.
In 2014, the
military has achieved to push back rebels into a little sack and launched a
crackdown in North and South Waziristan.
But the air
force, which will need to leave lots of jets over the coming years, absences
the latest technology and be sure of heavily on a fleet of about 70 US-made
Lockheed Martin F-16s, which are only skilled of carrying out precision pointing.
Pakistan Air
Force second-in-command Muhammad Ashfaq Aarain told Reuters in an interview
late on Wednesday, "Our concern is that we don't know how long these
anti-terrorist operations will continue".
Doubter's unsure
military of Pakistan is looking for an improved arsenal to counter the growing
military might of India.
Ashfaq Aarain
said, "Operationally, the aircraft are working pretty well so if we had a
targeting pod on the JF-17, the problem would be shared".
Ashfaq Aarain
said, "We're looking at the best option. The Damocles is a battle-proven
system and the other options are not".
Ashfaq Aarain
said, "In the long track, the air force was thinking about its wants elsewhere
2030 when F-16s and JF-17s would start to be replaced.
The United
States in February accepted the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter
jets for the tiny time, but Ashfaq Aarain said, even that was verifying complex
and he said, "It's a much low-priced fighter jet, but purchasing more
F-16s is economically not feasible for us and then there is a lot of human clamor.
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