Armchair
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Thing is for that we already have 76 F16,
However indo pak scenario is such that 100s of Indian Strike aircraft would be escorted by hundreds of Indian fighters , these would be picked by awacs so you already know where the enemy is , you can get in a good comfortable position and launch bvrs ,
The type of aircraft you mentioned is basically for finding the enemies it self at long range and engaging from long range too ,
The thunder being our back bone would also have to hunt the 100s of low flying strike aircraft with CBU105 lest they mince our armoured regiments , for that high alt is a disadvantage and a aircraft which is designed for high alt warfare is very bad for such combat , you can even try this in simulator games like war thunder where regardless of being a jet or prop WW2 plane , the 3 different aircraft , air superiority ( high alt, find enemy and kill ) , interceptor ( high or medium alt strike packages hunter , usually have a clue where the enemy will come from ) and air interdiction ( Hunt CAS and fighters bombers at low alt , as the enemy won't use SOW for every single target like infantry and mobile artillery positions) these planes perform bad if you use them for a different role,
A all rounder balances that escpailly since we have no dedicated air superiority or interceptor craft ( F7PG by modern standards are outraged )
I was discussing kinematic performance. It doesn't matter if you can see a fighter from a 1000 miles or not. If you can't harm it, when it can harm you...