Agree with you . APG-83 is derived from the radars used in F-35 and F-22 and further improves on them. However, the EFT can fly at a higher altitude where the air is thinner, supercruising at Mach 1.X launching the meteor which has a greater range than AIM-120.
But yeah Block 70/72 will have better sensor fusion (for situational awareness) and an EW suite than anything burmese will be able to buy
And we have other ways of managing Burma
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APG-83 uses similar technology to the larger (and far more powerful) AESA's on the F-35 and F-22, but it's mostly electronic processing equipment as much as I know. Similar processing speed, but raw performance, range, angular resolution, etc, will be noticeably less. This is mostly due to size limitations brought about by the F-16's airframe. Not only is the nose cone pretty small (and can't easily be upgraded, without offsetting the aerodynamic, mass, c.o.g.), but also the equipment bay to house the electronics/cooling/power equipment for the radar is quite limited.
This is why the USAF has claimed the F-16 has pretty much reached its limit of upgradability. This is why they are considering a brand new 4++ or -5th gen multirole single-engined fighter, to make up the numbers.
Against the euro-canards, they don't have supercruise capability, which has a big impact on BVR combat.
For defensive countries like Bangladesh, ground control (or hopefully AWACs soon) intercept plays a large role. You need to scramble fast and get higher than your enemy as quickly as possible, for the optimal BVR shot, as your BVR missiles will preserve more energy.
The EFT is perhaps one of the most optimized platforms on earth for such a purpose. It has the highest sustained climb rate of any aircraft (bar Su-57) and is designed to excel at very high altitudes. The higher the altitude, the more kinematical advantage swings towards the Eurofighter's favor. No 4th gen based platform can pull 9G's at 50,000ft, or have the same level of supersonic agility at any altitude (with the exception of maybe the Su-35, due to TVC).
A typhoon pilot once wrote how all 4th-gen based airframes (Mirage-2000, F-16, MiG-29, F-15, etc) were more or less very similar performance-wise. In order to tell their differences, you'd normally need a timing watch. But on the EFT, you can literally FEEL the difference on your ***. It's "quantum leaps" ahead on acceleration, sustained climb rate, and supersonic agility, despite appearing similar on paper.
It's like the difference between a 1990s and a modern F1 car. May have similar horsepower, weight, etc. But modern F1 cars can take a corner flat out at 200mph, whereas the older machine would probably need to slow down to 140mph for the same corner.
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