This Test pilot Suneeth Krishna
tejas is equal to 45 million per dollar plane upgraded mirage-2000 is Suneeth Krishna's original statement.
1.Even if you spend hundred million dollars pre plane the radar of mirage-2000 will be smaller than tejas mk1.
2.the thrust to weight ratio of upgraded mirage-2000 will be lower than tejas mk1.
3.The wing loading (fighter weight in KG/ wing area in sq meters) of upgraded mirage-2000 will be higher than tejas mk1.
4.The frontal clean config RCS of upgraded mirage-2000 will be 3 times higher than tejas mk1, meaning mirage-2000 can be detected by enemy radar much farther away than tejas.
5.The longest range BVR missile to be fired by mirage-2000 will have way lesser range than the proposed Astra for tejas mk1.
6.Both the Instantaneous turn Rate and Sustained Turn rate of 45 million dollar per plane upgraded mirage-2000 will be lower than the 26 million dollar per plane tejas.
7.The 45 million dollar per plane upgraded Mirage-2000 still wont be able to fire the deadly visually cued R-73 E HMDS enabled 90 deg high off bore missile, which was fired by 26 million dollar per plane tejas eons ago.
8. the 45 million dollar per plane upgraded Mirage-2000 still wont have an equal to DRFM based state of the art EW suit of tejas mk1.
SO on all 8 counts the mirage-2000 will fall below tejas mk1.