Desert Tactical Arms

[BjornF16]

From what I recall, they developed the munition and delivery system on their early Block 15 F-16A/B's, although the actual capability to arm it with a nuclear warhead remains dubious.

A lot of the F-16A/B's that were meant for Pakistan that got embargoed became aggressors for the USAF and USN. I remember reading about it in Aviation Leak and Spy Technology. F-16.net seems to have an in-depth account of the decades-long drama with PAF F-16's. http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article14.html

They also rigged them with the ATLIS targeting pod. Reading the article further, I see that PAF F-16's saw combat between Soviet and Afghan Air Force aircraft during the Soviet Afghan War, to include some Su-22 and MiG-23 action.

The embargoed PAF F-16's were in mothballs until 2003. We tried selling them to various countries over the years but they ultimately went to USN and USAF Aggressor squadrons after upgrades were made following removal from mothball status at Davis-Monthan AFB.

PAF never had an operational nuke in late 80's or early 90's. It would have been impossible for them to modify the F-16 Weapons Mux Bus/Avionics to communicate with a chinese nuke. At best, they could have loaded a bomb, armed it on the ground (stupid), take-off and deliver as a "manual" bomb (i.e. no avionics support for delivery).

PAF incorporated some French munitions (including ATLIS) using existing wiring and interfaces.