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While attempting to retaliate against India's airstrike on a Pakistani terrorist group in February 2019, the JF-17 had performed poorly against IAF Mirage-2000
WHY IS PAKISTAN’S JF-17 FIGHTER A FAILURE? Agencies 16th January, 2021 04:33:23 In 1999, Pakistan and China signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 “Thunder” and equally share the development cost. The JF-17 was planned to be a low cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, equipped with Western avionics and powered by the Russian Klimov RD 93 aero-engine. Pakistan envisaged a fighter aircraft comparable to the Su-30MKI, Mig-29 and Mirage-2000. China even stated that it would induct the aircraft due to its superior capabilities. Ho...