Saudi Arabia is so willing to invest, in fact, it is not only to obtain the F-16C/D of the Pakistan Air Force.

At that time, Saudi Arabia had already advanced $4 billion to Pakistan, and with $4 billion, it would definitely be able to buy dozens of second-hand fighter jets.

You must know that the F-35A has entered the stage of full-speed production, and many NATO countries are selling off the replaced F-16C/D.

At the international market price, $4 billion can buy at least 120 second-hand F-16C/Ds in good condition.

Even if it is affected by the war, some countries will take the opportunity to extort a sum of money from Saudi Arabia, and it will definitely be no problem to buy 60 to 80 planes.

So, why is Saudi Arabia looking for Pakistan?

Obviously, there is certainly more to it than friendly relations.

There is a crucial element in this, that is, supporting weapons.

Because it is sold in stock, Huaxia will simultaneously provide all the supporting weapons and ammunition of the J-10C, and the specific quantity is determined by the needs of the Pakistan Air Force.

The key is the "full set".

In the Huaxia Air Force, the J-10C is a medium-sized multi-role fighter that can perform both air supremacy and ground and sea strike missions.

In fact, after the J-20 joined the Air Force in large quantities, and many J-11Bs were upgraded to J-11D, the Huaxia Air Force did not need medium-sized air supremacy fighters at all, and all J-10Bs would be upgraded to J-10C one after another, and all of them were multi-purpose, and no longer emphasized air supremacy combat capabilities.

It is precisely in this way that Huaxia relaxed export restrictions on J-10C.

Obviously, Saudi Arabia is interested in the full set of weapons and ammunition of the J-10C.

However, the F-16C/D of the Pakistan Air Force is limited by fire control software and can only use American ammunition, not Huaxia ammunition.

Fortunately, this problem is easy to solve.

That is, the purchase of a batch of JF-17 from Pakistan.

It is not the first batch that has been obtained before, but the most advanced third batch, because only the third batch can use the supporting ammunition of the J-10C, especially various precision-guided munitions, and this is dominated by anti-radiation missiles that Saudi Arabia has always wanted to obtain, but has never obtained.

Why does the Saudis need anti-radiation missiles?

Do you still need to ask?

In the previous battles, the Royal Saudi Air Force lost more than a dozen fighters with advanced performance because there were not enough means of air defense suppression.

And that's just the air defense in the face of the rebels!

Iran could enter the war at any time, and Iran's air defense systems are much more numerous and more advanced than those of the rebels.

What's more, Russia has an ambiguous attitude, and may secretly support Iran, or may already secretly support Iran.

Western countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States must also be considered.

Let's not forget, Britain and the United States have been fueling the fire, and they don't want the Iraqi civil war to end quickly, so they may be behind it.

You know, the Saudi Air Force's fighter jets are all from Britain and the United States.

Although Britain and the United States will not blatantly support Iran, if some key intelligence is revealed to Iran, such as the tactical performance indicators of the EF2000 and the electronic warfare capabilities of the F-15SA, the Royal Saudi Air Force may encounter Waterloo and lose to the Iranian Air Force, which is much poorly equipped.

It's not like nothing like this has never happened.

More than 20 years ago, during the Iran-Iraq war, British and American intelligence agencies secretly sent key parts to Iran for the F-14A, so that the fighters purchased during the Pahlavi Kingdom could maintain their vigorous combat effectiveness, thus making the war last longer.

As a result, dozens of fighters of the Iraqi Air Force were shot down by the "Persian Cats".

While the war was the first to start and had the support of almost all Arab countries, Iraq was in a very disadvantageous situation and accepted the mediation of the United Nations armistice.

This war, which could have ended in a few months, has been fought for eight years!

The influence of Britain and the United States and other powers can be seen.

Obviously, Saudi Arabia certainly does not want to see eight years of civil war in Iraq.

Then, we have to find a way to get rid of dependence on Western countries such as Britain and the United States.

Through this series of operations, the acquisition of anti-radiation missiles that can be used by the JF-17 is precisely the goal that Saudi Arabia is working towards this goal.

With anti-radiation missiles, as well as supporting electronic warfare pods, the JF-17 is capable of performing anti-aircraft suppression tasks.

You know, none of the fighters of the Royal Saudi Air Force are capable of performing the task of air defense suppression alone!

Although the EF2000 purchased from the United Kingdom has a certain air defense suppression capability and can use imported anti-radiation missiles to attack ground air defense radars, the United Kingdom has not exported supporting electronic warfare pods to Saudi Arabia, so that the EF2000's air defense suppression capability remains on paper.

After fighting for so long, the Royal Saudi Air Force has not let the EF2000 perform air defense suppression missions.

To put it bluntly, to let the EF2000 attack the FD2000 air defense system of the rebels is to send it to death.

Why?

Without an electronic warfare pod, the EF2000 simply cannot detect the air defense radar in time, let alone carry out electromagnetic suppression, and the maximum range of the anti-radiation missile is only 40 km, and it has to be launched at high altitude, and the FD2000 has an interception distance of up to 100 km against high-altitude fighters!

To let the EF2000 suppress the FD2000 is to let a shooter deal with a sharpshooter.

Those fighters purchased from the United States, not to mention.

The F-15SA is known as the world's most advanced heavy multi-role fighter, but it cannot perform the task of air defense suppression, because the United States uses the EA-18G to carry out this mission, and even in the US Air Force, the F-16C/D carrying an electronic warfare pod performs the air defense suppression mission.

In addition, the United States did not sell anti-radiation missiles to the Saudis.

The reason is simple, anti-radiation missiles are typical offensive munitions, and the threat to Israel is too great to be sold to Saudi Arabia is risky.

In fact, the United States has reversed course and refused to sell F-35A to Saudi Arabia because it will pose a threat to Israel.

As for Russia, it has never entered the eyes of the Saudis.

It's not that Russia's weapons aren't advanced enough, but that Russia has close ties with Iran, and Saudi Arabia will never buy Russian arms.

Let Russia make money from itself, develop more advanced weapons, and then sell them to its long-cherished enemies?

Lose profits to British and American arms dealers, at least Britain and the United States will not blatantly sell weapons to Iran.

In fact, Russia's anti-aircraft suppression weapons are really not very good in terms of performance, almost all of them are stocks of the former Soviet Union, and they have been eating their old books.

In this way, only China can provide Saudi Arabia with air defense suppression capabilities.

Looking at the whole world, excluding Russia, Europe and the United States, only Huaxia can provide a full set of air defense suppression equipment, including fighter jets, anti-radiation missiles, and electronic warfare pods.

In addition, the performance is not bad.

Taking anti-radiation missiles as an example, the range of China's latest generation of foreign-trade anti-radiation missiles has reached 120 kilometers, exceeding the maximum range of most of the regional air defense missiles in service, and the range of its own version exceeds 200 kilometers, and some special missiles even reach 400 kilometers!

Don't talk about self-use and special type, just foreign trade type is enough.

The FD2000 has a range of only 100 kilometers, and the Iranian S-300 is also 100 kilometers, both of which are inferior to the anti-radiation missiles with a range of 120 kilometers.

It is precisely because of this that Saudi Arabia has made a bloody investment for this.