Air Commodore Khalid Mehmood gave a great in depth analysis of Thunder. Its great to see someone still in PAF who has the experience of real combat and knows what is required by the pilot from his machine.
Do you live in Pakistan? Who says $50 Billion projects is going on in Pakistan. Grasp the reality nothing is going on in Pakistan. Healthcare is all time low budget for education is low.
What are you trying to say Mirage itself doesn't have the range or payload JF-17 can carry more than Mirage III/V and has a decent range in the class of Grippen.
Most of these strikes were conducted by Mirages this footage is of DART targeting FLIR F-16s at that time were only equipped by ATLAS pod which have only daylight and clear weather capability and F-16 Blk 52+ were not fully operational at that time with with Snipers.
French's retired Mirage III/V when canards were being fitted to Swiss, Brazilian and Chilean examples. Dassualt tested it on Mirage IIING and Mirage IIIEX in the 80s. Canards give extra lift which reduces take off run as well reduced landing speed. Also helps in maneuverability that negates the...