The News - Pakisan
8/1/2002.

China Kirim Jet Pejuang Baru ke Pakistan

(China Sends 'several squadrons' of Brand New Jets to Pakistan)

Oleh: Kamran Khan.

Dalam satu peristiwa bersejarah walaupun tidak diumumkan, kerajaan Republik Rakyat China telah beruaha mengimbangi keadaan kekuatan angkatan tentera udara India/Pakisan dengan mengirimkan lima buah kapal kargo dalam jangkamasa 10 hari pada akhir bulan lalu. Kapal itu berisi beberapa bahagian jet pejuang terbaru dan beberapa jenis senjata dan peralatan baru, yang sudahpun tiba di pelabuhan Karachi, mengikut pengumuman beberapa pegawai tinggi Pakistan.

Secara berasingan, kerajaan China telah mengirimkan dengan pantas alat gantian dan peralatan yang bersangkutan unmtuk kegunaan Pakistan di lebuhraya Korakram, sejurus sebelum salju menjadi penghalang lalulintas antara Pakistan dan China sebelum Krismas. Kuasa pertahanan sistem peluru berpandu Pakistan terus diperkukuhkan dengan sokongan padu kerajaan China.

Para pegawai tinggi Pakistan berkata bahawa tindakan China ini merupakan lambang persahabatan antara dua negara yang belum ditunjukkannya sebelum itu, dan kerajaan China telah mengirimkan kapal itu sebelum Presiden Pervez Musharraf bertemu Presiden China Jiang Zemin untuk dialog penting mengenai ketegangan sempadan antara Pakistan dan India pada 21 Disember.

Pemimpin China itu pernah menyebut lebih satu kali betapa persahabatan China dan Pakistan 'adalah lebih dalam daripada samudera dan lebih tinggi daripada banjaran gunung.' Bantuan yang bertepatan dengan masanya daripada China memperkukuhkan keupayaan kombat pasukan tentera udara Pakistan (PAF) dengan beberapa skuadron jet Super-7 dan pejuang F-7 dan mengecutkan nisbah 1:2 antara jet pejuang India:Pakistan.

Sebelum bantuan China tiba di Pakistan minggu lalu, angkatan tentera udara India mempunyai 730 buah pesawat berbanding Pakistan yang mempunyai hanya 340 buah. Kerana keselamatan ketenteraan, pegawai Pakistan tidak pula menyebut jumlah sebenar jet pejuang yang diterima daripada China sejak beberapa minggu lalu.

Sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu Industri Penerbangan China dan 'Aviation Integrated Company of Pakistan' telah berusaha-sama membina jet pejuang berunsur ringan dan serbaguna. Projek itu disudahkan akhir tahun lalu dan pembuatan seterusnya telah dikirimkan kepada Pakistan.

Pegawai tentera Pakistan menganggap jet S-7 itu adalh satu versi baru pejuang F-7 tetapi mempunyai beberapa kecanggihan seperti enjin yang lebih berkuasa tinggi, dengan peralatan komputer yang lebih moden dan ruang juruterbang (kokpit) yang lebih selesa. Ini memberikan keselesaan untuk operasi malam dan keberkesanan sebanyak 90 peratus lebih tinggi berbanding pesawat asal jenis F-7.

Oleh kerana India mengharamkan pesawat Pakistan menggunakan ruang angkasanya, pegawai kanan Pakistan berkata, Perdana Menteri China Rongji, telah menawarkan agar Musharraf menaiki sebuah pesawat juang China menyaksikan kecekapan juruterbangnya yang terlatih melayari ruang angkasa dalam keadaan cuaca yang sukar. Dengan bantuan China itu Pakistan mempunyai kekuatan baru untuk menyekat kapal tentera laut dan kapal India di Lautan Hindi, selain mempunyai kekuatan baru menyerang sasaran ketenteraan di bumi India.

[Catatan Penterjemah: Apakah keupayaan tentera udara Malaysia (TUDM)? Bagaimana kisah jet pejuang TUDM yang dibeli tetapi tersadai di padang pasir Nevada, Amerika? Kalau Pakistan mampu menggunakan jet pejuang China, kenapakah kita tergila-gila menggunakan jet pejuang Russia dan Amerika?

Kenapa tidak ada program seperti itu dengan China supaya rakyat negara ini tahu ilmu membuat jet pejuang dan segala kelengkapan ketenteraan yang canggih-manggih? Bagaimana pula kisah Raja Penyangak memberikan kebebasan kepada jet pejuang Singapura menggunakan ruang angkasa Malaysia dengan percuma? Apakah perbuatan ini tidak mendatangkan aib kepada rakyat Malaysia? Apa pendapat wira komando Melayu yang menepis senapang Amin dulu, dalam hal ini? Kalau perkara yang besar-besar begini yang mengancam negara boleh dijadikan sandiwara, apakah susah sangat membuat skrip khas di Bukit Jenalik?]

Terjemahan: SPAR.

Asal:

The News Pakistan
8-01-2002

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2002-daily/08-01-2002/main/main2.htm

China Sends 'Several Squadrons' Of Brand New Jets To Pakistan

China fixes Pak air imbalance with India

By Kamran Khan

KARACHI - In an historic, but, unannounced development, the Peoples Republic of China sharply reduced a marked imbalance between the Indian and Pakistan Air Force by sending five ships -- in a space of only 10 days late last month -- loaded with cargo ranging from cartons of unassembled brand new combat aircraft and a variety of air force-related weapons and equipment to the port in Karachi, senior Pakistani officials confirmed.

Separately the Chinese government made a speedy delivery of spares and related equipment for Pakistan's strategic assets through Korakram highway, a little before the snow created major obstacles on this crucial communication line between Pakistan and China before Christmas. Pakistan's extensive missile defence system has been raised with an active support of the Chinese government.

The senior officials said that in an unprecedented gesture of friendship to Pakistan, the Chinese government had sent the ships sailing for Karachi before President General Pervez Musharraf met Chinese President Jiang Zemin for a crucial dialogue that coincided with the peak of border tension between Pakistan and India on December 21.

On more than one occasion during President Pervez Musharraf's visit to China in December, the Chinese leadership reiterated that China's friendship with Pakistan "was deeper than the oceans and higher than the mountains." This timely assistance from China that instantly enhanced the combat capability of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) by "several squadrons of brand new Super-7 and F-7 fighter aircraft" also narrowed a dangerous 1:2 ratio of air force planes between India and Pakistan.

Before the Chinese assistance reached Pakistan last week, the Indian Air Force had 730 aircraft as compared to PAF's 340. Because of the military security reasons, Pakistani officials are withholding the exact number of fighter aircraft added to the PAF with Chinese assistance in the last few weeks.

For the last several years, the Aviation Industry of China and the Aviation Integrated Company of Pakistan had been working on a joint plan to build a light-weight multipurpose fighter aircraft. The project was completed late last year with production ready in time for shipment to Pakistan.

Pakistani military officials consider the proposed S-7 fighter aircraft as a variant of China's F-7 fighter plane family, but with an increased manoeuvrability, an engine with increased thrust, advanced avionics equipment and modern cockpit configuration. These officials said the S-7 has night combat capability. The integrated close range combat effectiveness of the S-7 is 90 per cent higher than that of the original F-7 family.

Before the arrival of PAF cargo from China late last month, the air force had arrangements ready to shift the unassembled aircraft from the Karachi port to various PAF facilities where Pakistani and Chinese officials worked together to assemble and deploy them in a record time.

The Pakistani officials noted that since coming to power, President General Pervez Musharraf has developed extremely close personal ties with Chinese President Jiag Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji. Because of the Indian ban on Pakistan to use its air space, the officials said, Premier Rongji had personally desired that President Musharraf should take the trip after an overnight stopover in Beijing on board a Chinese government aircraft as Chinese pilots were better trained to fly in that difficult airspace and weather. Before leaving for the SAARC summit, President Musharraf had taken a special meeting on the PAF preparedness in the wake of the Chinese assistance.

According to the Pakistani officials, after the recent induction, the PAF has developed increased capacity in the event of war to interdict Indian naval and cargo vessels in the Indian ocean, besides devoting more resources to strike Indian military targets in its key cities and cantonments.