the kawasaki t-4 is a japanese subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft. it is a twin-engined aircraft, being powered by pair of ishikawajima-harima-built f3-ihi-30 turbofan units. these engines, which were capable of generating up to 3,520 lb of thrust, were indigenously-developed in conjunction with the t-4. flight international observed that the performance of the t-4 was comparable with several widely exported jet trainers, such as the franko-german dassault/dornier alpha jet and british bae systems hawk. specifically, the t-4 possessed a lower wing loading and 20 per cent greater thrust-to-weight ratio than either of these aircraft, easily permitting an initial climb to altitude rate of 10,000 ft per minute. while no combat-orientated model of the aircraft has been developed to date, the standard t-4 features three hard points, enabling the installation of various air-to-air missiles, bombs, and a gun pod.