ClaudeJ
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Hi there, today let's discuss the Pakistani's JF-17 Thunder. Sources: - "Thunder in Pakistani skies" (2014), Rogier Westerhuis, Combat Aicraft Monthly Vol.15 No°11. - "Thunder over the desert" (2014), Georg Mader, Air forces Monthly #311. - "JF-17 Thunder from the East" (2011), Alan Warnes, Air forces Monthly #280 supplement. - "JF-17 Sino-Pakistani 21st-Century MiG-21?" (2010), Andrey Fomin, Take-off #18. - Jane's Avionics 2009. - http://www.uk-odk.ru/eng/products/military_aviation/rd93/ - http://www.pac.org.pk/jf-17 ---------------------------------------------- KLJ-7 (Type 1478) Please create a new radar, "Radar, FCR, Air-to-Air & Air-to-Surface, Short-Range" I would say. The NRIET (Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology) KLJ-7 Fire Control Radar, also referred to as Type 1478, employs a mechanically-scanned phased-array antenna. It has multiple modes, both Beyond Visual Range (BVR) and close-in air-to-air modes, air-to-sea mode, ground surveillance, terrain-avoidance capabilitie and a robust anti-jamming capability, according to Chinese sources. The radar can reportedly manage up to 40 targets, monitor up to 10 of them in Track-While-Scan (TWS) mode and can engage two targets simultaneously at BVR. The detection range for targets with an RCS of up to 3m² is 75 km in look-up, or 35 km in look-down mode. - https://web.archive.org/web/20121028055642/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Avionics/KLJ-710-Fire-Control-Radar-FCR-China.html While it was originally developed in China, it's now produced and developed further in Pakistan. - http://pac.org.pk/avionic Haven't able to find more reliable detail. ---------------------------------------------- #365 - JF-17 Thunder -- Pakistan (Air Force), 2012-0, F-7S #3298 - JF-17 Thunder -- Pakistan (Air Force), 2015-0, F-7S Name: "#365" may be renamed "JF-17 Thunder Block 1" while "#3298" would be renamed "JF-17 Thunder Block 2", as they usually are designated by officials during ITW. Comments: "F-7S" could be dropped, it's probably the Chengdu-Grumman project JF-17/FC-1 originated from and was a very early industrial designation. Date: No 26 squadron became operational on "#365 JF-17 Thunder Block 1" in May 2010. Payload Weight: 3400 Sensors: - delete "#2506 - Grifo S" (The Grifo S was the radar in the initial development aircraft to qualify the avionics, but the PAF opted for the Chinese KLJ-7 system from the first eight SBP (Small Batch Production) aircraft.) - add the "KLJ-7" you created above. Mounts: - delete "#293 30mm China Type 1-30 x 2 [75 rnds]" - add "#1860 23mm China Type 23-3 [200 rnds, GSh-23L Copy]" - delete all rockets, the aicraft can physically carry them but are not used by PAF. - "#2114 - China KG-300 DECM pod" is claimed to be part of operational configuration but no pic confirm that. Loadouts: - delete rockets loadouts (1151, 1223, 1327, 1347) - edit "#1348 A/A: PL-12" loadout to have 2 "#1116 - PL-12" only, while they could load up four missiles, 2 is PAF's SOP. Properties: - add "#8001 Probe Refuelling" to "#3298 - JF-17 Thunder Block 2". http://i.gyazo.com/8ef50f037afde9810e520134ce888af8.png Propulsion: - Afterburner Static Thrust at S/L: 8300 kgf (8700 kgf is a "Take-off emergency mode") https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205933/http://klimov.ru/f/download/press-kit/2100054687/2100054340/ Nice pic (not photoshoped as far as I can tell): http://www.pafwallpapers.com/gallery_JF-17/jf-17_thunders_tanks_ferry.jpg ----------------------------------------------
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