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All of a sudden mki become obsolete for some PDF members,thank god iaf is not thinking in the same way. Flanker is designed to outgun f15 eagles and eagle still the best jetfighter of USAF after raptor.I agree with all of the above but it doesn't detract from what I have said, at no point in time have those proposing more MKIs instead of the Rafale brought in the Super Sukhoi that exists purely as a paper plane today. As you have said, the Rafale has been upgraded over time, the MKI has had only marginal upgrades in the past 20 years and thus it is comparing apples and oranges where the Rafale vs MKI is concerned. Furthermore, the MKI reflects its history ie being rather outdated (not in outright specs but in areas such as usability and maintainability), whilst the rest of its contempories have full onboard diagnostic systems the MKI lags behind woefully and you have demonstrated this with the engine change/drop in/out example.
For sure. AASMs are already being proposed for the Super Sukhoi if some other elements from the Rafale are brought in the MKI is going to be areal beast going into the future.
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