JF-17 Article from a PAF pilot

[Kazansky222]

This may have been brought up before but I just stumbled across this article

 

https://hushkit.net/2019/07/19/flying-fighting-in-the-jf-17-thunder-interview-with-pakistan-air-force-fighter-pilot/

 

Great read, aside from some of sabre rattling towards the end.

I did find the part about achieving radar locks at 50-60+nm on Su-30's pretty interesting, the KLJ-7 seems to punch above its weight for how small the antenna is.

[Hodo]

Picking up a su-30 at 50-60nm is not impressive.  I am a huge JF-17 fan, but that is like bragging about seeing a school bus from a mile away.   The Su-30 is HUGE.  

[Ce_Zeta]

On 9/16/2021 at 6:34 PM, Hodo said:

Picking up a su-30 at 50-60nm is not impressive.  I am a huge JF-17 fan, but that is like bragging about seeing a school bus from a mile away.   The Su-30 is HUGE.  

RCS is not directly related to size. ie. Stealth planes.

[Harker]

RCS is not directly related to size. ie. Stealth planes.

While you're not wrong, in the specific case of the Su-30, the RCS is pretty big.