Arsalan
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true j-10B with AESA, IRST and advance avionics will definitely be match for any fourth gen aircrft. chinese have mtured their avionics to level to work on fifth gen aircrfts
people do talk about thunders engine but to be honest we should look at t/w ratio rather and thunder with nearly one(0.97-1.01) is at par with any jet. it only makes it short legged and low carrying capacity but thunder was suppose to be like this to decrease its operational costs
well established aircrafts like mirages2000 had a much lower T/w ratio than either F-16s or thunders..
in short RD-93 is suffcient for PAF needs..i think only issue is its life which is quiet short as compared to western ones
yarr i amv ery happy they selected rafale instead of EFT
j-10B against EFT wasnt a good option
bt j-10B if the AESA,IRST,and the proposed ws-10G come true than it can giev a tough competition to rafale as well as it can fight head to head with rafale
very true!
technologically they will be on par.
EF is the best aircraft after the 5th generation aircrafts!
what they call,, 4.5 ++..
rafale, no doubt a high tech paltform is of the same league as J-10B.
EF would have given the idian a real technology edge.
i talked to a friend on mine who is aeronautical engineer and working at PAC, as per him and there analysis, rafale, F-18 and Su-35 would have been counterded by the J-10-B.
For Gripen they were looking positively toward the JFT next blocks
EF was one hell of a beast PAF seemd a little concerned about.
much more then any of the rest.
its good IAF is getting Rafale!