qsaark
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You have already mentioned very correctly in another of your post. What can force Bison or other IAF high-tech fighter equipped with BVR missiles to go into a WVR combat with the F-16s or F-7 PGs? Once they have fired up all their missiles, the'll leave the theater, that is it. Now, the distance of engagement may not be at the max range of their BVR (we are aware of BVR limitations especially IFF), but it may still be safe enough for the BVR equipped fighters. An ALQ-131 equipped F-16 may evade one or two BVR shots, but what about multiple round missile engagements? Why Su-30 MKI are so deadly? primarily because they carry between eight and twelve BVR missiles. so they can fire more than one, three, or even four round BVR missile salvo during the opening phases of an engagement. In this scenario, the aircraft being targeted has lots of problems as it must jam, decoy and/or outmanoeuvre three or four tightly spaced inbound missiles. Even if we assume a mediocre per round kill probability of 30%, a four round salvo still exceeds a total kill probability of 75 percent.Every aircraft is prone to a BVR shot. But still then, if there is life after BVR which is WVR---then the scenario changes completely. Now you are suddenly in the realm of the F 7 pg----what the fighter was designed and equipped for---that is what I am trying to share.
Satishkumar---some PAF F7 PG pilots would disagree with you. When you say F 16---they say---bring it on. You see F 7PG is not overweight---it is still a fighter interceptor. For example---what the MIG 21 BIS has gained in BVR---it has lost in WVR---well that is a choice that an air force wants to follow.
PAF has how many F-16s? 44 + 18 more ? to achieve a 75% kill probability to wipe out the entire fleet of PAF's frontline fighter, do we need to do some serious maths?
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