After the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, various media reported that Azerbaijan would buy Pakistan's "Dragon Fighter". So why did Azerbaijan choose this fighter? The reason why it widely used unmanned aerial vehicles in the Nagorno-Karabakh War was that the strength of the air force could not effectively suppress the Armenian Air Force, and the second was that the precision ground strike capability of the Russian-made fighter was not good, and the risk of tactical use was too high; therefore, it summed up the experience of the war and really needed to improve the strength of the fighter;
The configuration of the "Dragon-3" is very fierce: Russian-made fighters can be compared to only the Su-57 - unfortunately too expensive, and it does not meet the scope of Azerbaijan's military expenditure - small countries like cost-effective fighter models: the MiG-29s fighters of the Afghan Air Force (13), the MiG-21 fighters (5), 12 Su-25s are indeed not enough for armenia's Su-30s to fill their stomachs;
The JF-17 Block 3's AESA radar tracks 15 targets and engages 4 targets simultaneously. He can carry supersonic missiles with a range of up to 400 kilometers! In addition, its helmet sights, photoelectric systems/aiming pods, synthetic aperture radar functions, etc., which can accurately guide a variety of air-to-ground infrared/laser/satellite guided bombs, gliding bombs, anti-radiation bombs, sub-mother bomb dispensers, etc. – the Nigerian Air Force has proven that it can be used to combat pickups, motorcycles, tricycles and even bicycles of terrorist organizations!
In view of the above full functionality, the Azerbaijani Air Force will be given a fighter that can completely replace the Soviet heavy fighter/attack aircraft, and, after modification, the "Dragon" fighter can be equipped with a pod for the control of the "partner wingman" - which allows azerbaijan's drone swarm to play a greater role;
In this way, the Afghan Air Force can gain an advantage in medium/ long-range operations: there is no need to consider the threat of Soviet heavy war: the use of medium- and long-range air-to-air/air-to-ground missiles to eliminate the enemy's short-range tactical missiles, heavy combat bases, armored force assembly sites and other tactical points; destroy the enemy's tactical support points; eliminate the enemy's high-value targets; control the drone group cruise, control the initiative of the ground battlefield - no longer need to test the enemy's positions and deployments with human lives: the second Nagorno-Karabakh War, without the full assistance of Turkey and Israel, The Afghan army, which suffered more than 10,000 casualties, could not hold out for a long time.
Now that Afghanistan is close to Turkey and Pakistan, the use of complementary trade is also a means of consolidating the relationship between the quasi-alliance.