Mission Profiles of JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft with a variety of Advanced Weapons

For Strategic precision strike against the enemy targets JF-17 Thunder will employ Ra'ad (Hatf 8) - Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) which have range in excess of 350 km. In this mission profile JF-17 Thunder will carry four SD-10A BVRAAMs and two PL-5E II WVRAAM for self-defense purposes.

JF-17 Thunder will be able to destroy the enemy runways with percisio by employing upto four Hafr-1 & Hafr-2  Runway Penetration Bomb (RPB). In this mission profile JF-17 Thunder will carry four SD-10A BVRAAMs and two PL-5E II WVRAAM for self-defense purposes.

For precision strike against the fixed ground targets JF-17 Thunder can carry upto two 500 kg LS-6 Satellite Aided Inertially Guided Bombs which have range of 60 km. In this mission profile JF-17 Thunder will carry four SD-10A BVRAAMs and two PL-5E II WVRAAM for self-defense purposes.

 

The JF-17 Thunder fighter jet ca perform the role of Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) by employing MAR-1 anti-radiation missiles with help of KG-300 Electronic Warfare pod. In this mission profile JF-17 Thunder will carry four SD-10A BVRAAMs and two PL-5E II WVRAAM for self-defense purposes.

For precision strike against the maritime targets/warships JF-17 Thunder can carry upto two C-802A Anti-ship Missile which can hit their targets from standoff distance of 180 km. In this mission profile JF-17 Thunder will carry two SD-10A BVRAAMs and two PL-5E II WVRAAM for self-defense purposes.