파키스탄 내각에서 77대의 F-16을 구매하기로 했답니다. 정확한 가격과 인도시기는 확인되지 않는데 약 30~35억 달러에 구매할것 같다고 합니다. 한대에 4,000~4,500만 달러정도에 구매한다는 얘기인데 가격이 너무 싸네요. 예전에 일부는 새것으로 구매하고 나머지는 제 3국에서 중고기를 구매해서 업그레이드 시켜준다는 얘기가 있었는데 그런 방식이 아닐까? 싶습니다. 그리고 확인되지 않은 수량의 J-10(F-10)도 구매할거라고 합니다. 도대체 무슨 생각인지 모르겠네요. FC-1(JF-17) 계획에 참여했으니 FC-1을 구매하는건 이상할것이 없고, 인도의 위협때문에 어쩔 수 없이 F-16에 의존하는것 까지는 이해가 되는데... 여기에 J-10까지 구매한다는건 쉽게 납득하기 힘드네요. 지진 때문에 어려움을 겪었었는데 어디서 돈이 나와서 한꺼번에 이렇게 많은 무기를 획득하는지... 설마 국제사회에서 제공된 지진피해 복구비용을 사용하는건 아니겠죠? http://news.ft.com/cms/s/77f14c88-ca52-11da-852f-0000779e2340.html Pakistan set to buy F-16s from US By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad, Pakistan Published: April 12 2006 20:11 | Last updated: April 12 2006 20:11 Pakistan’s cabinet on Wednesday gave clearance to the purchase of up to 77 F-16 fighter planes from the US, marking a significant expansion for the country’s air force. The Pakistani government did not reveal the price it would pay for the deal, nor did it say when the aircraft would be delivered. But according to western diplomats in Islamabad, the F-16s could cost Pakistan U$3-3.5bn. While announcing the cabinet’s agreement to the F-16 purchase, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s information minister, revealed that the cabinet had also given approval for the purchase of an unspecified number of Chinese fighter aircraft known as FC-10s. Last November, General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, suspended plans for the purchase of new fighter aircraft. Pakistan was then concerned that donors eager to help deal with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake would pull out if the country planned to spend money on planes. Pakistan was seeking more than U$6bn in international aid for relief and reconstruction work. Foreign donors have now offered about $6.2bn. “Obviously, General Musharraf is confident that the worst following the earthquake is now comfortably behind Pakistan,” said a senior western diplomat in Islamabad. Buying the aircraft could help General Musharraf politically. Pakistani nationalists have questioned his support for the US-led war on terror, saying the US often benefits more from the relationship than Pakistan. “The failure to secure new F-16s was often cited as evidence of a policy failure in relations with the US,” said a senior Pakistani official, after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. “Now, a new agreement for F-16s could help to address that failure”.