Posted on 12/01/2010 7:04:31 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
2010: After unsuccessful attempts to obtain Western electronics for its new JF-17 jet fighter, Pakistan has announced that it will use Chinese gear instead. China initially offered to fit out the JF-17s with electronics and weapons, but the Pakistanis were leery of the untried Chinese equipment. Meanwhile, India and the United States pressured France not to allow Pakistan to buy advanced radars and other electronics for the Pakistani built JF-17 jet fighter. This was because China did most of the development on the JF-17, and Chinese personnel would be involved in any effort to install French electronics in these aircraft. China has a brazen reputation for stealing foreign technology, and putting high tech French electronics into Pakistani JF-17s was seen as just giving the stuff to China. Pakistan also has a reputation for passing on military technology it had promised to hold close. These factors scared off other Western suppliers as well, leaving Pakistan with little choice but to accept Chinese gear. While the Chinese steal a lot of technical information via Internet espionage, that's not as good as getting your hands on the actual hardware. Meanwhile, Pakistan still wants to upgrade up to a hundred of its JF-17s with non-Chinese electronics and weapons, to offer for export sales. France could not just blow off Indian protests, as India is a much larger customer for French military equipment than Pakistan.
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