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Performance and operations could also mean that the reliability and sortie rate of JF-17s is at par with F-16s......that means a lot as well. SU30 might be superior, but it's reliability and sortie rate is absolute crap with IAF. In war i need jets that can be up and running in the air without long downtime and MTBFs
Since the f-16 was designed to be very proficient during the cold war, it was no doubt, a gold benchmark....and with PAF developing it's own jet and access to F-16s, it makes sense to make something that reliable.
That makes sense. Payload performance and endurance is inferior, but reliability and sortie rates are at par. Something must have been lost in translation.
F-16 can not carry our home produced and Chinese weapons like ALCM, C-802 and CM -400 AKG. Hence the need for JF-17. JF-17 can not carry as much load (6000kg vs 3700kg) and can not fly as long and as far. Hence the need for F-16.
Yes, it is therefore not at par in all aspects, as clarified above.