Why a BVR missile like The Astra is so scary

[Lava820]

Same as the IAF. Actually PAF fleet is relatively newer than IAF's.

PAF fighter fleet:
Mirage III: Inducted in 1968
Mirage V: 1970
F16: Early 80s, 18 of them are Block 52
JF-17: 2007
J-10C: 2021
All of them are single engine fighters

IAF fighter jets:
SU30 MKI: 2004
Rafale: 2020
Tejas_LCA: 2016
Mirage 2000-5: 1985
MIG 29 UPG: 1986
Jaguar DARIN I,II, III: 1979
Mig 21:1965

 

[blain2]

PAF fighter fleet:
Mirage III: Inducted in 1968
Mirage V: 1970
F16: Early 80s, 18 of them are Block 52
JF-17: 2007
J-10C: 2021
All of them are single engine fighters

IAF fighter jets:
SU30 MKI: 2004
Rafale: 2020
Tejas_LCA: 2016
Mirage 2000-5: 1985
MIG 29 UPG: 1986
Jaguar DARIN I,II, III: 1979
Mig 21:1965

Talk numbers..more than half our fighter fleet is less than 10-15 years old.