The Pakistan Air Force is earning valuable foreign exchange by exporting planes to African and South American countries. Many states are lining up to get the JF-17 Thunder and the K-8 planes. Pakistan recently penned a deal to begin exporting the K-8 plane to Bolivia. 17 countries will be importing the JF-17 Thunders which are being produced in Pakistan. The JF-17 Thunders were brought from design to production in four years, and the first PAF squadron of JF-17 Thunders have already been stationed in Peshawar. Additional squadrons will be placed in strategic places around the country. More sophisticated versions of the K-8 are already in the design stage. Pakistan will also be producing the J-10s and J-11s.
LA PAZ, Oct 2: The Bolivian government has approved the 57.8-million-dollar purchase of six planes made in Pakistan with Chinese technology for use in anti-drug operations, media here reported on Friday.
Pakistani K-8 being exported to Bolivia
The deal was finalised on Wednesday in consultation with ministers and stipulated that the aircraft would provide a “contribution to the regional battle against narco-trafficking, ensuring requisite control of national air spaces and areas prone to and affected by this problem,” reported local independent media agency Fides.The government has not explicitly confirmed the deal but “the president will announce it on October 10,” according to Defence Minister Walker San Miguel, who was cited by La Razon newspaper.
The K-8, or Karakorum, plane is a light fighter jet jointly developed by China and Pakistan in the early 1990s. It is used primarily as a training aircraft, but can also be used for airfield defence.
Bolivia is also waiting for five US-made Huey helicopters to be delivered by Brazil. Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Thursday the delivery was being delayed by the United States, which had yet to give the project a green light.
Morales accused Washington of “boycotting” Bolivia’s anti-drug efforts after the country expelled agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008.
Bolivia is the third largest cocaine producer in the world, behind Colombia and Peru.—AFP
The K-8 is a robust plane that has been used by the PAF for the best part of the decade. China is also exporting the K-8 which was jointly designed and produced by China and Pakistan. China brought in its production facilities while Pakistan brought in ideas, design from its invaluable experience using Western planes like Mirages and F-16s. China did not have the knowledge and experience, while Pakistan got the production facilities. It was a perfect symbiosis. Without either partner, the plane would not have been successful.
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