You make interesting points, but unfortunately not valid. Allow me to explain, what I know.
Blk3 - The new ASEA radar, and corona combined are the cause of this programs delay.
Azm - Is on track IA, and I expect it to be better than J31 and exceed J20 in terms of capability
Off topic: Has anyone seen the new Chinese Small Diameter Bombs for J31/J20
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AESA was always supposed to be KLJ7A for Blk3 and other chines radar for upgrade of older Blk 1-2.(again this happed in Sohail Aman era, see his statements/interviews)
Corona is actually the reason for its current delay! and frankly its a very recent thingy.......
Im talking about Sohail Aman's statements from 2017/18, he had categorically said that Blk3 will hit production line late 2019/ early 2020(read Quwa)
And according to him, (thats when he inaugurated Aviation City with Khaqan Abbasi) he said that the prototype of 5th gen Project Azm will fly @2024/2045....Now that prototype will fly on 2027/28 or maybe 2030, reason Mujahid Anwar's perfectionist approach and insistence on inducting a finished and complete product. Not unfinished product like how Sohail Aman had put Blk2 in production without IFR probe with hopes of updating them later with it.
Mujahid Anwar isnt like that his meezaaj is very different to Sohail Aman, he wants full product and also he had export orders to deliver of Myanmese and Nigerian Blk2, along with change of plans of now inducting the 26 twin seater JF17B(which wasnt suppose to be inducted when Sohail Aman was around) hence these r the combine reasons for delay of 1.5 years of Blk3.
As for corona, thats a 2020 thing, it actually has further delayed this project, hence why also we r hearing the multiple platforms induction news (both from East and West according to u). Basically now Mujahid Anwar is feeling the heat of his delay of original Blk3 production schedule, which was in late 2019 /early 2020 well before corona!!!!!!!
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