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You should understand at least a couple things:Sir, if you were visit Russian and western defense forums, you would see quite negative reviews about JF-17 that I can't probably describe here that too coming from aviation experts. At the same time, it is a wonderful aircraft which would evolve with time. It is natural for us to be happy and excited about our product but the expectations should not go overboard which is what I see happening here.
1- That the reviews are based, not necessarily biased, upon known standards and unfortunately those standards are established by the leaders of the industry.
2- It is inevitable. And in a way, we have no choice. We cannot perform critical analyses of the J-17 against the Sopwith Camel. The J-17 was developed based upon what joint Pakistan-China believes to be achievable goals which came from, like it or not, Western fighters.
It is like chess, you cannot improve if the only opponents you have are those you consistently defeat.