One of the world's largest arms expo is underway in Abu Dhabi. More than 10 State and privately owned defence manufacturers are representing Pakistan. For more info:
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By: Paul Beaver
Pakistan will acquire more combat aircraft from China, according to Air Chief Marshal Mustaf Ali Mir, the Chief of Air Staff. Last week, he described the aircraft on order as the F-7PG, based on the MiG-21 airframe.
ACM Mir sees the F-7 as an interim solution. "A critical deficiency of high-tech aircraft in the air force structure remains to be redressed," he said last Wednesday during a speech to air force officer cadets.
Further interim solutions include upgrading the current Dassault Mirage fleet. These airframes have been "upgraded to meet current technological requirements", he said. He added that Pakistan has acquired additional Mirage airframes "from various sources".
Several years ago, Pakistan acquired the remaining Royal Australia Air Force Mirage III airframes, and other aircraft have been acquired, but the sources remain unconfirmed.
"Pakistan's air force is now considering acquisition of high-tech weapons as soon as economic conditions (in the country) allow," said ACM Mir. He confirmed that the air force's Mirage and F-16 aircraft are also armed with a series of locally developed weapon systems from the Air Weapons Complex, one of Pakistan's exhibitors at IDEX 2001. AWC is showing the Mk80 general-purpose steel bomb, pre-fragmented GP and incendiary bombs, the ERB extended range bomb, the HAFR-1 runway denial weapon and fuzes.
The ERB has a claimed stand-off range of 16-24km using a 122mm rocket motor. "This creates an extended-range weapon from the proven pre-fragmented bomb," said a spokesman, "and it can be carried on all NATO-standard suspension systems."
Pakistan air ordnance is rarely seen outside the country and there is considerable interest in the HAFR-1 runway denial weapon. AWC claims it has good penetration capabilities and can be released at high speed while the attacking aircraft is flying at low altitude. The HAFR-1 decelerates to a very low speed to obtain the required penetration angle, which also allows the delivery aircraft to escape the blast. AWC can be found in Hall 9.
[This message has been edited by outlaw (edited March 19, 2001).]
http://idex.janes.com/showdaily/sd19_19.shtml
By: Paul Beaver
Pakistan will acquire more combat aircraft from China, according to Air Chief Marshal Mustaf Ali Mir, the Chief of Air Staff. Last week, he described the aircraft on order as the F-7PG, based on the MiG-21 airframe.
ACM Mir sees the F-7 as an interim solution. "A critical deficiency of high-tech aircraft in the air force structure remains to be redressed," he said last Wednesday during a speech to air force officer cadets.
Further interim solutions include upgrading the current Dassault Mirage fleet. These airframes have been "upgraded to meet current technological requirements", he said. He added that Pakistan has acquired additional Mirage airframes "from various sources".
Several years ago, Pakistan acquired the remaining Royal Australia Air Force Mirage III airframes, and other aircraft have been acquired, but the sources remain unconfirmed.
"Pakistan's air force is now considering acquisition of high-tech weapons as soon as economic conditions (in the country) allow," said ACM Mir. He confirmed that the air force's Mirage and F-16 aircraft are also armed with a series of locally developed weapon systems from the Air Weapons Complex, one of Pakistan's exhibitors at IDEX 2001. AWC is showing the Mk80 general-purpose steel bomb, pre-fragmented GP and incendiary bombs, the ERB extended range bomb, the HAFR-1 runway denial weapon and fuzes.
The ERB has a claimed stand-off range of 16-24km using a 122mm rocket motor. "This creates an extended-range weapon from the proven pre-fragmented bomb," said a spokesman, "and it can be carried on all NATO-standard suspension systems."
Pakistan air ordnance is rarely seen outside the country and there is considerable interest in the HAFR-1 runway denial weapon. AWC claims it has good penetration capabilities and can be released at high speed while the attacking aircraft is flying at low altitude. The HAFR-1 decelerates to a very low speed to obtain the required penetration angle, which also allows the delivery aircraft to escape the blast. AWC can be found in Hall 9.
[This message has been edited by outlaw (edited March 19, 2001).]
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