U.S. to provide Pakistan with Chinese loans or to buy F-10 aircraft

U.S. to provide Pakistan with Chinese loans or to buy F-10 aircraft

Core Tip: The United States Embassy in Pakistan has denied the U.S. will be suspended to the Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jets to deliver new reports, saying the United States in accordance with the agreed delivery to Pakistan at the end of January the latest batch of F-16. The United States currently provides a large preferential loans to Pakistan, so that the latter can be purchased, including JF-17 fighter aircraft, early warning aircraft and warships, including a variety of homemade weapons.


Data for: Pakistan Air Force column filled with the latest F-16D fighters.



Data Chart: U.S. to Pakistan to provide loans for the purchase of Chinese JF-17 fighters and AWACS and other weapons.



Data for: F-10 aircraft.

According to the Russian military-industrial complex website reported January 13, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan has denied a series of media will be suspended for the United States to Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jets to deliver new reports, saying the U.S. will be in accordance with the agreement to the end of January Pakistan delivered the latest batch of F-16.

U.S. Embassy in Baku claimed that there are still a number of aircraft purchased by Pakistan F-16 is the United States to accept modern modification is expected to arrive from inside Pakistan since February, this work will continue until the end of the year.

Pakistan Air Force in 1982, the first flight of F-16A / B "block-15" series of fighters.Pakistan in order to deliver a total of 68 F-16 in 40 (28 F-16A and 12 F-16B), the Israelis and Palestinians to implement the U.S. Congress to freeze nuclear weapons development program on the grounds of activities to provide the remaining fighters.

The end of 2005, the U.S. decided to resume providing to Pakistan F-16. The two sides signed the 2007 sale of 18 F-16C / D "block-52" series aircraft agreement. In addition, the United States decided to Pakistan between 2005 and 2008 provided free of charge 14 used F-16A / B "block-15" (the actual delivery of 10). Currently, the two sides also implement a previously provided for earlier versions of F-16 modernization program to upgrade.

Due to the recent sharp deterioration in US-Pakistan relations, the U.S. has been temporarily frozen to Pakistan totaled $ 700 million in military aid, but not completely abolished. In 2002-2008, the Pakistan from the United States received a total of $ 8.7 billion in military aid and a variety of compensation.

"Simple Defense Weekly," the experts say, the United States and Pakistan in the long-term freeze on military cooperation, which will further push China. The U.S. Embassy in Baku now announced that it will continue to provide F-16, which may partly be due precisely to avoid this from happening.

The United States currently provides a large preferential loans to Pakistan, so that the latter can be purchased, including JF-17 fighter aircraft, early warning aircraft and warships, including a variety of homemade weapons.

Pakistan Air Force before the officials said, China will provide 40-42 Pakistani aircraft JF-17, the total value of about $ 800 million. In addition, the Pakistani government is still looking for other loan providers, in order to be able to buy two squadrons of J-10 multi-role fighter. In addition, China will sell Pakistan six to the new conventional-powered submarines and ships, missile boats.