Relations between China and Pakistan, with Beijing supplying a range of modern weapons to Islamabad’s defense forces, have come under strain due to unreliable Chinese military hardware and poor, shoddy servicing and maintenance.
In a recent demonstration of cooperation, three armed drones designed by China’s
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and sold by China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) were inducted into the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in January 2021. had gone.
Al Mayadeen. But, the purchase of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) and the addition of Pakistan’s growing range of military equipment has entered a stalemate. Ahmed said the Chinese-made Wing Loong Unmanned Aerial System (UCAV) had been put on hold within days of its induction due to malfunction.
Amader Shomoy, in its report ‘Pakistan Air Force has nightmares about Chinese drones’, relates that what has added to the Pak Air Forces’ misery is the dismal service and maintenance provided by the Chinese firm.
CATIC has so far been indifferent to desperate calls for repair and maintenance of the grounded drones. The spares supplied by the firm were substandard and mostly unfit for use.
The engineers dispatched to Pakistan to make the grounded aerial vehicles operational at the earlie CATIC has so far been indifferent to desperate calls for repair and maintenance of grounded drones.
The parts supplied by the firm were substandard and mostly unfit for use. Engineers sent to Pakistan to get the grounded aerial vehicles operational at the earliest proved to be incompetent.
“Pakistan authorities have now asked the Chinese firm to send a better trained group of professionals to deal with the grave crisis,” Ahmed wrote.
Equally the most serious problem is electro-optical/infra-red . Nitrogen leaked from (EO/IR) cameras are mounted on UAVs, making EO/IR systems useless.
These imaging systems provide total situational awareness, day and night, and in low light conditions.