It is same and applicable for EF and any other new fighters we will be buying.. so ur point is not that important. And we already have Su-30MKI's and the second half ( Split MRCA) fighter for supremacy.
1)it takes atleast 5 yrs for the pilot to master the aircraft
2)we r not getting 100% tot of f-16
3)they r not ready to give us software source codes of the AESA radar
4)f-16 was desiegned in 70ies.......so its quite an old desiegn and not to 4get L.M is not going to spends its money in r&d for the upgradation of f-16
last but not the least MRCA winner will serve IAF till 2050
Aftr looking to all this i think rafale will b best bet for us..........................
1)latest deseign,
2)Back bone of french airforce(so their high chances of its upgrade)
a)typhoon- Future upgrade to khuda jaane wo to abhi se is typhoon se apna palla jhadne ki koshish kr rhe(bechare na nigal pa rhe hai ugal)
b)mig-35-Russian airforce itself is not buying this
c)F-18------U.S
d)Gripen---lca ko kya tel jlane ke liye bnaya tha...
3)100%tot
4)we will get the software source code of aesa radar without any fuss
5)they will b more thn happy to help us in improving lca tejas