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Makes sense to have tranche 1 to counter Rafale hoping they have AESA? For sea operations does not look promising at allMK says that JH-7B has range and payload, which could help IAF divert assets to southern tip of India. Acquisition of JH-7B has been discussed many times, PAF is not interested. RCS is not the only issue, there is no fear factor of JH-7B for IAF. Missiles (Ballistic, in some cases CM's or ALCM's)) have the same range to strike that far on land. The story of used Mirage-2000 rises and then falls.
The likes of SU-35 or EFT bring that multi-role capability, however there was an earlier discussion which brought up an issue that EFT Tranche-1 is incapable/reduced capability for Air to Ground strike missions. Upgrade wasn't available. You will have to dig in and research about EFT, however if PAF gets EFT, there are very less chances that it will be deputed on Naval missions, PAF will profile it for A2A missions or strikes on land.
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