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Pakistan produces the JF-17 fighter jointly with China

Islamabad, Pakistan - Able to carry out air combats and contemporary to attack ground targets

Pakistan began on Tuesday the mass assembly of a JF-17 fighter at an aircraft-manufacturing plant in the northwest of the country, national television reported. The JF-17 Thunder, also known as the FC-1 Fierce Dragon in China, is a single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft developed by China and Pakistan. About 50% of the on-board equipment and avionics for the fighter will be manufactured in Pakistan...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1084892
Rome, Italy, 01/22/2008 18:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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