Pakistan offers RI joint production of JF-17 fighters
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 18:41 WIB | National | | Viewed 175 time(s)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Pakistan has offered to cooperate with Indonesia in manufacturing JF-17 war planes, the South Asian country`s defense minister said here.
"We offer cooperation to produce JF-17 fighter planes jointly with Indonesia. We already have a similar cooperation with China," Pakistan`s Federal Minister of Defense Chaudry Ahmad said here Wednesday.
After signing a defense cooperation agreement with his Indonesian counterpart, Minister Ahmad said Pakistan had established cooperation in defense industry with several countries, including China.
In addition to joint production of JF-17s, Pakistan also offered Indonesia cooperation in patrol boat industry.
In response to the offers, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said his ministry would study Pakistan`s offer to produce JF-17 fighters jointly.
He said Pakistan and China already had an agreement for joint production of the JF-17.
"Their joint production venture has already turned out 500 units - 350 for Pakistan and the rest for China. JF-17 is the 4+ generation of jet fighter which is more sophisticated than the Sukhois and F-16s that we have," Minister Yusgiantoro said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said the two nations would discuss the possibility of the joint production of JF-17 and patrol boats after reaching a joint production agreement.
"When the agreement is reached next October, we will then take stock of the things that we both can do. But, Indonesia has so far bought ammunition on a large scale. So, it will be too early for us to just jump into an agreement," he said.
Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe have placed orders for the Pakistani-Chinese jointly produced JF-17 fighters, while other countries such as Myanmar, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon and Malaysia had shown interest in the jet fighters. (*)
ANTARA News: Pakistan offers RI joint production of JF-17 fighters
Pakistan offers Indonesia joint production of JF-17 fighter
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