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PL-10 & PL-15 are main weapons for J-20 chinese 5th gen fighter. The fact Block-3 JF-17 has integrated these weapons makes it super deadly in its class

This plane gives any country a respectable multirole fighter capability at an affordable cost..

Say what you will about the craft, but the fact that they got the project done and numbers produced is impressive. It's so interesting and amazing to see "indigenous" designs such as the Kfir, Ching-kuo, and C1

Happy Chinese New Year! Keep up the good work.

It's successful at the goal it tries to achieve. It cost only 1/3 as much as the latest variant of F-16, fully loaded weight is only half that of F-16, payload is also only half, but combat radius is double that of F-16, and max speed is mach 1.8 instead of F-16's 1.2 at sea level. It carries a larger and more capable AESA radar compared to F-16, and armament, especially beyond visual range, is better. Sure, the payload is pretty bad, even compared to F-16 which is already a light fighter, but the quality of that payload helps, especially coupled with its better radar, enabling it to see, shoot and flee before the opponent. Pl-15's 200km range matches well with AESA radar's detection range, while all but the latest block of F-16, which isn't even being mass produced, don't have AESA, and the one that does has a downsized version due to size and power limitations of the 1970s airframe. The combat radius means you have the versatility of sending it further, providing air cover to more places, and get there faster. It's just flat out more useful in a practical sense. This isn't the Mig-21 that banana republic get because they can't afford anything else. This is actually better than its opponent in many ways that matter. It's only downside, the low payload, is really unavoidable due to them making it so small and light to cut cost. They had to compromise somewhere, and low payload is a good one, in order to preserve the larger AESA radar, longer combat radius, and higher max speed.

JF17 block 3 uses PL15E, as you stated. PL15E have AESA radar, giving then greater capabilities than any AIM120 variant. In fact, the entry into PLAAF service in 2016 of this missile prompted the US to accelerate the development and induction of AIM-240.

JF-17 resulted from refusal of US to sell more F16 to Pakistan due to its nuclear programme. JF-17 is meant to be a affordable multi role, new airframe. Best thing about it is the chinese weapons that come with it and ability to enhance it with time. US only supplied F16 to Pakistan as it needed Pakistan's support to expell Soviet Union from Afghanistan.

Looks like a Mig21 cosplaying a F16, but the F16 style intake was too expensive for their costume budget. Jokes a side, as long as this thing can keep the cost down, it's done it's job.

And Serbia should be for sure looking into Block 3 version to buy

It's being heard recently that Pakistan has now got F 16 , JF 17 block 3, J10 c 5th generation fighter and they are going for J-31 . That's insane man that's a lethal and dangerous air force damn!!

Great Video! I think it would be interesting to look at other asian domestic fighter developments like the Korean T/FA50 or Taiwanese F-CK 1

2:02 😅 WAS is the key word

Thanks a lot for great information

Jf-17 wings strengthen to increase external load and max take off now total external load is 4300kg + and max external weight to 30k lbs now, also block 3 brings hmd and Internal EW suite

The F-16's maximum flight speed is not much different from most second-generation fighter jets, about M2; but its maximum flight speed is high, up to 1480 km/h. Due to the high thrust-to-weight ratio and low wing loading of the F-16 aircraft, its maneuverability is quite good. The horizontal acceleration performance of the F-16 before M1.5 is quite good. At an altitude of 6,000 meters, it takes only 19 seconds to accelerate from Mach 0.9 to Mach 1.2, and 48 seconds to accelerate to Mach 1.5. The F-16 has a large available lift coefficient, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and low wing load, so the instantaneous hovering angular velocity is relatively high. When flying at ultra-low altitude and low speed, its instantaneous circling angular velocity can reach 25.5 degrees per second. The stable circling performance is also good. When the flight speed is M0.7, its circling radius is only 650 meters. When the flying altitude exceeds 11,000 meters, especially when flying at supersonic speed, its hovering performance declines more obviously.

It looks good 👍

For many customers of this plane it will be better than thier potential regional opponents so well done. You couldnt see it up against a NATO or US air force with its C3 but it will work well otherwise. Would love a small scale model kit of it.

I have been following JF17 development very closely since 2008. I have not seen any evidence that block 1 aircraft were updated to block 2 standard. That would require at least major overhaul of Block 1 aircraft and very few Block 1 have been overhauled. The first one was 2019 or 2020. A key change between Block 1 and 2 was strengthening of wing spurs and that can not happen without major overhaul.

Didn't Azerbaijan place an order after the Myanmar - India incident a week ago?

Diverterless intake is pretty neat, it's fancy.

Love your channel! Wondering if you’ll ever drop a video on the Buyan M class, and Karakurt class corvettes of Russian navy. These ships are very interesting to me because of their small size, but massive firepower on par with a lot of larger western vessels.

So says Chinese media. 😂😂😂

jf-17 block 3 is not just state of the art for its price , but its manuverability is also insane + speed Pakistan to some dark sources have more then 1600 of these under some mountains hiding for a doomsday ready defense system It has extreamly guud air-2-air missiles that can travel 200kilo meters

Pakistan Airforce is the best 🤳 👍

When combined with PL15 and eventually the extended range PL15 with an additional booster stage, the JF17 will continue to improve significantly. Also JF17 with long range air to air missiles could be used as a weapon launch platform if integrated into a regional detection/tracking network.

2:58 is it just me or did that guy nearly avoid a tail strike?

Happy New Year!

I hope you can get around doing a video on the KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, while it was designed as an advanced trainer, it has become capable enough to serve as frontline fighters for many nations posed with the same financial problems as Pakistan. Cheap and highly advanced, if Pakistan never got around the JF-17, the T-50 wouldve been perfect for them considering how integrated the F-16s are on the PAF.

Pl-10 is imaging infrared 5th gen aam not infrared and comparable to 9x and Asraam

Fun facts about JF17 - 1) Dubai 2021, LIMA 2019, Bahrain 2016. Each time the Tejas participated in an air show, the Pakistani team cancelled their JF17 participation, ceded participation fee and ran away 2) The Chinese do not use it and only export to poor countries 3) The all metal airframe has poor manufacturing quality resulting in an availability of approx 40% for Pakistan Air Force 4) Even after buying 150 of jf17 the PAF still relies mainly on the American f16 and has also started buying Chinese J10 fighter aircrafts 5) JF17 Block 1 and 2 do not have AESA radar, no in flight refueling, only two dimensional fly by wire, all metal body causing high weight, low thurst weight ratio, older electronics and only Chinese weapons to fire 6) The newer block 3 jf17 variant has a cheaper air cooled AESA radar unable to operate at max power and hence lower range. Further, block 3 retains the same Russian rd93 based engines, uses cheaper air cooled AESA radar and same metal body and build quality

Very nice looking lower cost fighter, but the lack of pilot visibility towards the rear reduces it's effectiveness in air to air combat at close range. The JF-17 looks a lot like the old F-20 Tigershark which was never built, engines have very similar performance but the J-17 has a bigger diameter fuselage and carries more fuel (more range).

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Before the JF-17 and F-16, the only capable fighter jets the PAF had were the J-6, F-86, Mirgae III and F-104. The f-104s were retired due to the lack of spare parts, the f-86s were retired in 1980 because of their old air frames, thus leaving the Mirage III as Pakistan’s only remaining capable fighter jet along with the J-6 until the J-6 was itself retired in 2002, so basically the PAF had the Mirage III, new Mirage Vs (attack aircraft), J-7, and the B-57 which were retired in 1985. So it basically made sense for the PAF to purchase the F-16 and to start producing the JF-17 just to make up for the aircraft it retired like the old Sabres, Starfighters ans Canberra bombers and for any F-16 it couldn’t purchase. Right?

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Pakistan is also developing a new AESA and BVR missile series.

Iraq just ordered a batch remarking closer cooperation with Pakistan and china

I don't understand why China and the U.S. don't have a 4th gen fleet of old fighters retro fitted into drones.

It looks like a trans F16

JF-17 serves it purpose for Pakistan. Pakistan cannot afford to procure expensive fancy western aircraft is with expensive maintenance. That will eat up most of Pakistan's defense budget

I'm guessing this aircraft is "affordable" only if it's not flown much, and the airframe isn't stressed often if at all in training if the estimated life is only low to mid thousands of hours. Probably its initial version was uncompetitive even to Pakistan's aging F-16 fleet but with versions of China's latest electronics which Pakistan has no access, it's likely at least competitive particularly when compared to potential adversaries which generally meant India's few Soviet era aircraft. I would guess though that this plane is no match for India's latest purchase of 5 Rafale which could eventually become 15 and maybe eventually 45. It's unknown whether India's very few Rafale might be a valid force, some might be deployed to its aircraft carriers, any deployed to the Pakistan-Indian border would be vastly outnumbered and Indian pilot training doesn't have the high reputation of France or other NATO countries.

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Always funny to see a fighter still using a soviet jet engine. China's inability to build or even copy a high performing military jet engine always signals to me their weakness in quality manufacturing. That, combined with lack of information regarding reliability always makes me skeptical of the quality of Chinese military hardware.

Poor man's F-16.

BC the airforces in countries look for a Fighter jet. Not a fan. How is the caption even relevant. If it's affordable, it doesn't necessarily mean it is competent.

Target practice.

This aircraft has lot of design flaws and most of them are grounded due to reliability issues. That's why less than 10 junk fighters were exported. It may be okay against Mig 21.

The main problem with this fighter is this engine

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The Most junk fighter of the world with low availability rate

JF 17 is so successful that pakistan, its sole operator is buying j10 instead of this..😂😂

JF17 4.5gen rofl

Rather ugly aircraft more like Chinese tofu dreg. It is imperative for an aircraft to be beautiful ie aerodynamic.

🤣 A totally bankrupt nation, Pakistan, is building "affordable" aircraft says it all. Bud, a New Zealand voice-over can never right a wrong.

To call this a comparable to any modern Western design is disrespectful!

This Aircraft would be good for Serbian Air Force becouse Serbia has got 10 MIG 29 jets and these are getting old and nearing their life span so Serbia will have to soon choose new aircraft to buy

It's is extra ordinary things that . Countries like Pakistan who identify by West as Third world country, successfully manufactured, operate and export such fighter get, even though there assistant provided by China👍👍👍👍

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Its a flying garbage can

Totally junk fighter,, hinges in canopy,,but as your speech,this J F 17 best more then f35 & f22 cheers to you & pakistan,,,for your kind information,china not use this fighter jet,,,