At the end of August, the Joint Chief of Staff of the Argentine Armed Forces Juan Martin Pareo led a delegation to visit Pakistan for the second time to learn about the new batch of "Jiaolong" Block3 fighters. After returning to China, the Arab side wrote a detailed report on the main performance comparison of the four fighters, believing that the "Jiaolong" Block3 fighter not only has the most advanced performance, but also does not involve European and American subsystems, and is also cheaper to use, which is fully in line with the needs of the Afghan Air Force.
British Defense News published an article on September 29: Emphasizing the need to prevent Argentine Air Force from obtaining fighter made by China or other non-Western countries.
The core argument of this article is to prevent countries outside the sphere of influence from selling high-end weapons through extensive efforts. There are two main purposes: 1. Retain the share of Western military industry in the global arms market. 2. Suppress (squeeze) the revenue of non-Western military enterprises .
This article advocates that Western countries appropriately relax the arms embargo on Argentina (it began in the 1982 Cambodia War) and allow the United States to sell F-16 fighter to Argentina. The article believes that F-16 will not have the ability to surprise Royal Air Force , while JF-17 "Fight-17" is a Chinese-made equipment, but its capabilities are not known to the Western Air Force.
Block III "Jiaolong" with the advanced fighting missile "Pili 10" is mounted. Since the JF-17 series fighter has not been manufactured for a long time, Western countries are indeed unfamiliar with it. Through performance analogy, Block II's performance is probably equivalent to the early Swedish "Gripen" fighter. Western fighter jets are still psychologically confronting it. However, the current Ⅲ type is equipped with active phased array radar , and can guide the advanced "Pili 15" medium-range interceptor missile. The performance not only exceeds " Gripen ", but it is even worse than the French " Rafale ", and the British began to be afraid.
The British believe that equipment made by Western allies is more likely to be counterattacked in battle, and there are many precedents. For example: During the Falklands War, Britain obtained information from France on the intelligence of Argentina's legal "Super Military Flag"/"Phantom 1", American "Sky Eagle 4" and other models of fighters, which benefited a lot, giving British Navy warships and "Sea Harrier" fighters an advantage in fighting against them.
and the Mirage F-1 fighter equipped by Iraqi during Gulf War is not considered as a threat because the West is very familiar with it.
A page of the report written by the Afghan Air Force listed: F16, India's "Glory", Russian MiG 35. These three types of F16 are currently under embargo. Argentina suffered losses from leaking weapons performance during the Falklands War, and can't eat it anymore. "Glory" is a type of fighter jet pieced together by the Western/ Israeli seed system, and the cost of 1.8 USD/hour is too high. F16 is 13,000 USD, " Xiaolong " is only 7,400 USD, "Glory" is both scum and expensive! As for the MiG35, Russia is currently subject to Western sanctions. If you buy it, it will cause trouble. In addition, it is a twin-engine fighter. It needs to increase the amount by more than 30% in terms of logistics support, and its overall performance is not outstanding. It is still the "Joinlong" that meets the requirements. Not only does it avoid all Western subsystems, it is very confidential, but the Type III is also a newly developed fighter, with an overall performance exceeding other models.
British Defense News Network said: Restricting the sale of weapons in China, Russia and other non-Western countries is the key to ensuring that Western troops continue to move freely around the world, especially for the new generation of weapons systems, which can usually be banned remotely or achieved by cutting off spare parts supply (freedom of movement). For example, Argentina previously wanted to buy South Korea's F/A-50 coach/attack aircraft, but the ejection seats and some parts of the aircraft were Martin Baker, and the British embargo caused this to be unsuccessful than the transaction.
The British "Typhoon" fighter , which is deployed at the Malay Island Airport, may not be the opponent of "Joinlong III", so the UK is trying hard to disrupt this transaction.
The article also stated that restricting users from obtaining the source code of fire control system and ammunition management system or aviation ammunition provides further means for the West to check and balance power. As long as non-Western suppliers are not allowed to participate in competition, this method is very effective. The source code of
modern fighter jets is not open to the purchasing countries. This is not only a matter of only purchasing aviation ammunition from the developed countries in the future, but also involves whether it can confront itself in the future. If the fire control system and ammunition management system do not recognize ammunition from the West, it cannot be mounted or fired, and it will not pose a threat to our side. We have also experienced this problem. The source code of Su-30MKK/MK2 purchased by Air Force and HNA is not open to us, so we can only use Russian-made aviation ammunition. The problem is that Russian-made precision guided ammunition is much worse than that we have developed by ourselves! But it cannot be used... This is also the reason why we no longer introduce the Su-30 and self-developed the J-16. It is not simply that they are about to reach their service life.
British people believe that JF-17 "Fight-17" Block III or Su-30SM and its array radar (passive/active), unknown performance air-to-air missile and free operation may threaten the British army.
However, the United States sells second-hand F-16 from Argentina's outdated avionics, and the British Contingent of Zhuma Island can rest assured. Perhaps equally important, these F-16s would not be able to perform meaningful actions without the consent of the United States.
In terms of existing technical capabilities, the Korean Air Force's F35, F15/16, and the upgraded F4 are all controlled by the US military stationed in South Korea.
The article in the UK Defense News indirectly confirms a serious problem, that is, the United States has very strict control over the sale of weapons. For example, the F-35 purchased by the South Korean army or other countries is an "expensive flight monitor"! The selection of pilots requires recognition from the United States. Pilots must first turn on the voice and video recognition system (linked to the US Military Command in South Korea) when boarding the plane. After a series of security identifications such as voice, face (including iris), fingerprints, etc., you can only receive the engine startup password and take off before you can take off... If you can't even turn on the computer without a password, what's this? Or is it your own plane? Therefore, national defense must be independent!
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