Pakistan and Türkiye develop stealth fighter jets, is it true?

There is indeed this news, but it was a long time ago.

According to a media report in the Middle East, a former senior official of the Pakistani Air Force claimed that Pakistan is teaming up with Turkey to develop fifth-generation aircraft. Since both sides lack fifth-generation aircraft capabilities, the two sides are considering converting the current 4.5-generation Xiaolong Block. -4 was used as a "practice" project, and later they jointly developed a stealth fifth-generation aircraft.

U.S. experts said that Turkey is so impatient because the United States has delayed the delivery of fifth-generation F-35 aircraft, coupled with frequent Israeli F35 air strikes on Syria. Under this background, Turkey chose Pakistan as a cooperation partner, hoping to save the country through a curve. Go to Pakistan to obtain fifth-generation aircraft technology. It is reported that the two countries have initially reached an agreement on the development standards of fifth-generation aircraft. However, in terms of the strength of both parties, this cooperation is still on paper. After all, the research and development technology and standards of fifth-generation aircraft are extremely high and cannot be accomplished by ordinary countries. .

It is reported that Pakistan has persuaded and interceded with us many times before, saying that Turkey is a trustworthy partner. However, due to the fear of repeating the same mistakes, in the end, only Turkey and Pakistan were on the list of jointly developing fifth-generation aircraft. This illustrates our attitude.

I believe many people still remember the Red Flag 9 incident in which Türkiye broke the contract. In September 2013, Turkey invited bids from all over the world for long-range defense systems. In the end, Hongqi 9 won the bid and won a multi-billion-dollar military trade order. However, a year later, Turkey claimed that it could not reach an agreement with my country, so it turned to France to discuss the introduction of Aster long-range missiles.

In February 2015, Turkey claimed that it had spent US$3.4 billion to introduce the Hongqi-9 missile system. This was later denied by our side and said that this was not the case. By mid-November 2015, Turkey suddenly announced the complete cancellation of the "Red Flag-9" procurement contract worth billions of dollars, on the pretext that the other party was unwilling to transfer technology. Judging from the fact that the Red Flag Nine target shooting test was always successful, and Turkey showed its favor in every possible way, and then later became obsequious and arrogant, there is a big trust problem between the two sides.

Although Turkey did not purchase the Hongqi 9 missile system in the end, it was actually equipped with many weapons from China, such as WS1, WS-2 rocket launchers and B-611M ballistic missiles. At that time, it also acquired technology transfer. On this basis, Turkey has invested huge military expenditures in imitation, and gradually developed Turkish versions of TR-300 and TR-122 rocket launchers, which have excellent technology and performance.

Western experts said that although the overall technology of many of my country's weapons imitated by Turkey is not high, it has played a great role in promoting Turkey's comprehensive military strength. Therefore, the combat strength of Turkey's army and air force has also been greatly improved. Many weapons are even exported to several small surrounding countries, earning a lot of profits.

Pakistan and Turkey have always maintained good relations, and the two sides also have many arms transactions. It is reported that among all the countries in the Middle East, Pakistan's best ally, except Saudi Arabia, is Turkey. The three parties have always cooperated closely militarily to suppress the rise of Iran.

On May 10, 2017, Pakistan and Turkey officially signed a warship introduction agreement. The content is that Pakistan will purchase 4 light frigates from Turkey. Each ship costs US$300 million and can reach a speed of 30 knots per hour. Subsequently, Pakistan spent US$2 billion to purchase 40 T-129 WZ-1 aircraft from Turkey. But in the fifth-generation aircraft project, without our participation, the so-called idea of ??developing a fifth-generation aircraft based on Xiaolong would be almost a flower in the water and a moon in the mirror.