View source for JF-17 Thunder Pakistani Multirole Combat Aircraft

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    "notes": "The JF-17 Thunder Pakistani Multirole Combat is a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. It was designed to replace the A-5C, F-7P/PG, Mirage III, and Mirage V combat aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force. The JF-17 can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. Its designation \"JF-17\" by Pakistan is short for \"Joint Fighter-17\", while the designation and name \"FC-1 Xiaolong\" by China means \"Fighter China-1 Fierce Dragon\".",
    "dateOfIntroduction": 2007,
    "countryOfOrigin": "Pakistan",
    "proliferation": "Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan",
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    "checkedcountries": [
        "Myanmar",
        "Nigeria",
        "Pakistan"
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    "dis": {
        "name": "JF17 THUNDER PAK",
        "string": "01.02.165.001.015.000.000"
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    "images": [
        "PAC_JF-17_Thunder(A).jpg",
        "PAC_JF-17_Thunder(B).jpg",
        "PAC_JF-17_Thunder(C).jpg"
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                    "name": "Alternate Designation(s)",
                    "value": "JF-17 THunder"
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                    "name": "Primary Function / Type",
                    "value": "Multirole Combat Aircraft"
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                    "name": "Manufacturer",
                    "value": "Pakistan Aeronautical Complex"
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                {
                    "name": "Crew",
                    "value": "1 (single-seat) or 2 (dual-seat)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Number of Engines",
                    "value": "1",
                    "units": "ea"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Number of Hard Points",
                    "value": "7 (2 × wing-tip, 4 × under-wing, 1 × under-fuselage) with capacity for dual ejector racks on each under-wing hardpoint"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "name": "Dimensions",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Length",
                    "value": "14.93 m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Width (Wing Span)",
                    "value": "9.44 m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Height",
                    "value": "4.77 m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Wing Area",
                    "value": "24.43 m2"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Empty Weight",
                    "value": "6,586 kg"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Max Takeoff Weight",
                    "value": "12,700 kg"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Payload",
                    "value": "4,600 kg"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Automotive",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Engine Name",
                    "value": "1 × Klimov RD-93MA afterburning turbofan with digital electronic engine control (DEEC)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Number of Engines",
                    "value": "1",
                    "units": "ea"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Engine Type",
                    "value": "Afterburning Turbofan"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Engine Power",
                    "value": "50.4 kN (11,300 lbf) thrust [197] dry, 85.6 kN (19,200 lbf) with afterburner"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Maximum Speed",
                    "value": "Mach 1.6"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Cruise Speed",
                    "value": "1,359 km/h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Stall Speed",
                    "value": "150 km/h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Maximum Range",
                    "value": "2,500 km"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Combat Range",
                    "value": "1,352 km"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Ferry Range",
                    "value": "3,500 km"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Service Ceiling",
                    "value": "16,930 m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "G Limits",
                    "value": "+8/-3 (limited by flight control system)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Rate of Climb",
                    "value": "300 m/s"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Main Gun System",
            "sections": [
                {
                    "name": "System",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Autocannon"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Caliber",
                            "value": "23",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "1,387 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Barrel Length",
                            "value": "1,000 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "49.2 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Barrels",
                            "value": "2",
                            "units": "ea"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Action",
                            "value": "Gas principle"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Rate of Fire",
                            "value": "3,400–3,600 rounds/min"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Muzzle Velocity",
                            "value": "715 m/s"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Ammunition",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Rifle, Autocannon"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Caliber",
                            "value": "23",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Cartridge",
                            "value": "23x115 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Basic Load",
                            "value": "INA"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Main Missile Systems",
            "sections": [
                {
                    "name": "Main Missile System #1",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "PL-5EII"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Manufacturer",
                            "value": "Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC),\nHanzhong Nanfeng Machine Factor"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "2.893 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "0.127 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Wingspan",
                            "value": "0.617 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "83 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead",
                            "value": "6 kg blast-frag, or expanding rod (RF-fuse)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Detonation Mechanism",
                            "value": "Active infrared, laser proximity fuse"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Engine",
                            "value": "Solid-fuel rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Operational Range",
                            "value": "16~18 km"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Maximum Speed",
                            "value": "Mach 2.5"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Guidance System",
                            "value": "Infrared homing, multi-element, dual band detector"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Main Missile System #2",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "PL-9C"
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                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Infrared-Homing Air-to-Air Missile"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "2.9 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "0.157 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Wingspan",
                            "value": "0.856 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "115 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead",
                            "value": "11.8 kg blast-frag, or expanding rod (RF-fuse)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Detonation Mechanism",
                            "value": "laser proximity fuse"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Engine",
                            "value": "Solid-fuel rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Operational Range",
                            "value": "22 km (PL-9C, air-to-air), \u003E 8km (surface-to-air)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Flight Altitude",
                            "value": "4.5k m (surface-to-air)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Maximum Speed",
                            "value": "Mach 2+"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Guidance System",
                            "value": "multi-element infrared"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Main Missile System #3",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "AIM-9L"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Manufacturer",
                            "value": "Raytheon Company\nFord Aerospace\nLoral Corp."
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "3.02 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "127.0 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Wingspan",
                            "value": "279.4 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "85.3 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead Type",
                            "value": "WDU-17/B annular blast-frag"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead Weight",
                            "value": "9.4 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Detonation Mechanism",
                            "value": "IR proximity fuze"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Engine",
                            "value": "Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 Solid-fuel rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Operational Range",
                            "value": "1.0 to 35.4 km"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Maximum Speed",
                            "value": "Mach 2.5+"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Guidance System",
                            "value": "Infrared homing"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Bomb Weapon Systems",
            "sections": [
                {
                    "name": "Bomb #1",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "Mark 82"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Unguided General-Purpose Bomb"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "2.22 m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "273 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "227 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling",
                            "value": "Tritonal, Minol (explosive) or Composition H6"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling Weight",
                            "value": "87 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Cook Off Time",
                            "value": "approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds."
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Bomb #2",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "Mark 83"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Unguided General-Purpose Bomb"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "3000 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "357 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "459 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling",
                            "value": "Tritonal, Minol or Composition H6"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling Weight",
                            "value": "202 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Note",
                            "value": "The Mk 83 is a streamlined steel casing containing 445 lb (202 kg) of tritonal high explosive. When filled with PBXN-109 thermally insensitive explosive, the bomb is designated BLU-110."
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Bomb #3",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "Mark 84"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "General-Purpose Bomb"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "3280 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "458 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "925 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling",
                            "value": "Tritonal, Minol or Composition H6"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Filling Weight",
                            "value": "429 kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Note",
                            "value": "It is a streamlined steel casing filled with 945 lb (429 kg) of Tritonal high explosive."
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Control / Avionics",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Fire Control Radar",
                    "value": "KLJ-7 v2 Airborne Pulse Doppler Fire-Control Radar ( Range-150 km for 3m2 RCS aircraft.)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Radar Warning Receiver",
                    "value": "Northrop Grumman ALR-67 Rader Warning Recever (RWR)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Airborne Missile Approach Warning System",
                    "value": "S740 Airborne Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Tactical Data Link",
                    "value": "Link-17 Tactical Data Link and the MIL-STD-1760 data-bus"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Advanced Targeting Pod Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Targeting System",
                    "value": "Aselsan ASELPOD Advanced Targeting Pod Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Targeting System"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Protection",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Stealth Properties",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Heat Signature Reduction",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Add on Armor",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "EW Counter Measures",
                    "value": "Indra ALQ-500P Electronic Countermeasure (ECM)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Chaffs/Flares",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Jamming Pod",
                    "value": "KG300G Airborne Self-Protection Jamming Pod and \nKG600 Airborne Self-Protection Jamming Pod"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "variants": [
        {
            "name": "JF-17A Block 1",
            "notes": "Single-seat variant. Production in China began in June 2006. The first three Chinese weapons to be integrated are the PL-5E II AAM, the SD-10 AAM, and the C-802A anti-shipping missile. Block 1 aircraft had performed \"better than expected\" according to PAF Air Commodore Junaid. Production of Block 1 was completed on 18 December when the fiftieth aircraft—58% of which was produced in Pakistan—was delivered. A Block 1 JF-17 had cost approximately US$15 million per unit."
        },
        {
            "name": "JF-17A Block 2",
            "notes": "Single-seat variant. Production began on 18 December 2013 and initial testing began on 9 February 2015. These aircraft have air-to-air refuelling capability, improved avionics, enhanced load carrying capacity, data link, and electronic warfare capabilities. The construction will continue until 2016, after which the manufacture of Block 3 is planned. A Block 2 JF-17 costs approximately US$25 million per unit. Chairman of PAC, Air Marshal Javaid Ahmed said: \"We will hand over 16 Block-II JF-17s to the PAF every year\", and that the manufacturing plant has the capacity to produce 25 units in a year. According to local media, PAC rolled out the 16th Block 2 aircraft in December 2015 enabling the JF-17's 4th squadron formation. The JF-17B is a tandem two seat version would start testing in September 2016."
        },
        {
            "name": "JF-17A Block 3",
            "notes": "Single-seat variant. Projected to feature further avionics advancements such as helmet-mounted display and sight (HMD/S) system, a new single panel multi-functional display (MFD), an active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar paired with an infrared search and track (IRST) system, and a cockpit with a flight-control stick on the side, an NRIET KLJ-7A AESA radar, more use of composites, a new engine, and a two-seater cockpit option, with a top speed of 2.0+ Mach. Pakistani Air Force officials have described it as a \"fourth generation plus\" fighter jet. According to unconfirmed media reports the induction is expected to start around 2019. As of September 2016, the design of the JF-17 Block III has been finalized. The PAF is expected to place an order for 50 JF-17 Block-III fighter jets in the first half of 2017."
        },
        {
            "name": "JF-17B Block 2",
            "notes": "Dual-seat variant, 8 of which were rolled out at PAC Kamra in December 2019. Its multi-roles include use as a (i) JF-17 conversion trainer; (ii) Lead-In Fighter Trainer (LIFT); (iii) ground-attack aircraft; and (iv) reconnaissance aircraft. The production of the first JF-17B was initiated by Pakistan and China in 2016. On 28 April 2017, the JF-17B took its maiden test flight in Chengdu"
        }
    ],
    "type": "WEG",
    "version": 1
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