Fifth Aircraft JF-17 in 13 years: Why are Chinese military export leaders crashing

Experts noted that the fighters installed Russian engines RD-93, which were found unusable on 40 JF-17 machines Block 1 and 2. In Pokutaba area in Pakistan, June 5, a fighter JF-17 Thunder Block 2. This is the fifth Over the past 13 years, a combat aircraft accident, which is the leader of military export of the PRC.

Although the Pakistani media and the Air Force stored silence, the Martin-Baker was suddenly reported on the disaster on social networks, a British manufacturer of catapult seats used in these fighters. The Eurasian Times was interested in the details of the event.

They tried to find out what the cause of aircraft accidents that are in service with Pakistan Air Force and which were intended to be replaced The fighter developed jointly by the Pakistani Aviation Complex and the Chinese CHNGDU Aircraft Industry. 58% of the machine is produced in Pakistan, 42% in China. Today, about 150 JF-17 is armed with Air Force (PAF), but a large part of them remains on Earth, as it turned out, because of technical problems.

Experts noted that the JF-17 is equipped with RD-93 engines from the Russian manufacturer "Roboronexport". According to research, 40 JF-17 Block 1 and 2 fighters were declared unusable for flights, since the engines found cracks in the guide blades, exhaust nozzles and stabilizers. Moreover, after a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Russian company came under sanction restrictions, which complicated the maintenance of exported machines.

In addition to the problems with the engines, the JF-17 has a number of other disadvantages, such as unreliability to perform air defense functions, low operational compatibility, lack of effective radar of distant visual detection and low accuracy of strokes. In addition, the aircraft has low endurance, low load capacity and frequent failure of basic modules. In spite of criticism, the JF-17 found its buyers.

It is exported to Nigeria and Myanmar, and agreements with Azerbaijan and Iraq are also planned. In November 2023, the newest version of JF-17 Block 3 made her debut at Dubai flight, demonstrating "improved technical characteristics" and combat capabilities. According to the Chinese Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), the JF-17 was created to "meet the requirements of international customers and the world market".

The observers emphasized that this statement clearly shows that these fighters were intended not for the domestic market, but for countries that needed an inexpensive, multi -purpose, light one -motor fighter. Moreover, as it turned out, the car never thought as a modern fighter, but rather the cheapest option available in this category.