Karachi:
A weapon contract recently notified by the US WAR Department of War (DOW), former Department of Defense, shows Pakistan among the buyers for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (Amraam), it appeared on Tuesday.
With this, Pakistan Air Force Inches is closer to receiving additional missilles under US President Donald Trump’s administration.
According to US Dow, Raytheon producer of Amraam-a change of over $ 41.6 million received on a “previously awarded contract (FA8675-23-C-0037)” on the basis of “Company-Fixed Award (P00026)” for the production of the missile’s C8 and D3 Variance.
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The change, which includes Pakistan among its foreign military sales recipients, raises the total value of the contract to over $ 2.51 billion.
“This contract involves foreign military sales to Britain, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, Finland, Australia, Romania, Qatar, Oman, Korea, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, Singapore, Holland, Czech Republic, Japan, Slovakia, Denmark, Canada, Belgium, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Fire. Rechay, KU, Kuwage, Kuw, Kuwit, Ille, North Finland, Sweden, Taiwan, Lithuania, Isreal, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey, it is stated in Review.
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Although it remains unclear in terms of exactly how many, if any, new Amraam missiles that will be delivered to Pakistan, the development has triggered speculation about potential upgrades to Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 fleet.
In PAF service, Amraam is exclusively compatible with the F-16 fighter jet and is believed to have been used to shoot the Indian Air Force MIG-21 flown by wing commander Abhinandan Vardhaman during Operation Swift Retort in February 2019.
According to the Defense Publication Quwa, the AIM-120C8 export version of the AIM-10D, the most important Amraam variant in American service. PAF is currently operating the former C5 variant, 500 of which was acquired with its latest block 52 F-16s in 2010.
