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  • Pakistan to seek 28 F16s from US

    09/05/2003 5:10:17 PM PDT · by Brian S · 7 replies · 505+ views
    Reuters ^ | 09-05-03
    * PAF says Airborne System to be on agenda in defence talks with US ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, worried by nuclear rival India’s plans to acquire a strategic radar system from Israel, said on Friday it is seeking second-hand F-16 fighters from Belgium and will also request a similar US radar system. Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmed Khan, the spokesman for the Pakistan Air Force, said an Airborne Early Warning System would be on Pakistan’s shopping list when the US-Pakistani Defence Consultative Group meets in Washington later this month. Khan said Pakistan would also repeat its request for the supply of an initial...
  • China to export fighter jet rivalling US' F-16

    09/05/2003 12:02:27 PM PDT · by Tai_Chung · 101 replies · 630+ views
    Straits Times ^ | SEPT 5, 2003 FRI
    BEIJING - China plans to export a fighter jet, jointly developed with Pakistan, which it says has a combat capability that rivals the US F-16, state media said yesterday. It hopes to sell the Xiao Long, or Valiant Dragon, FC-1 to foreign countries two years from now, the semi-official China News Service said, adding that Pakistan was likely to be the first customer. According to previous reports, China is targeting markets in the Middle East, Africa and South America for sales of the plane, which is expected to be sold in the region of US$15 million (S$26 million) each. China...