Hay Storm Force, you are backing Gripen soo much man...
U started a thread that Gripen is the best possible stuff in MRCA for IAF
Now..trying to sell it to PAF, come on..
Gripen is a good platform for sure...I agree on that dear, but PAF think tank has something else in mind. JF-17 even with limited carry of weapon in comparison with Gripen for air defense and as a work horse of PAF & J-10 and F-16 for deep strike...
So no question of Gripen in PAF..
By the way, Rafale of French is good than Gripen for PAF as it is not prone to sanctions of US and French has guts to give support in an adverse situation by resisting the US pressure, but they price it more...
I don't know in which sense you said jf-17 carry limited weapons when compared to Gripen? in sense of weight or variety.
In both cases i tend to disagree with you .In case of weapons jf-17 can carry
1) SD-10 BVR (China)
2) PL-9C WVR (China)
3) PL-5E WVR (China)
4) AIM 9L/M WVR (US)
5) MAA-1A WVR (Brazil)
6) MAA-1B WVR (Brazil)
7) MAR-1 anti-radiation (Brazil)
8) C-802 anti-ship missile (China)
9) H-2 (Pakistan)
10) H-4 (Pakistan)
11) RAAD ALCM (Pakistan)
12) AM-39 Exocet Anti-ship missile
13) A-Darter WVR (South Africa /Brazil )
Note: PAF is interested in A-Darter missiles as i have posted the source and info in another thread you can check out that
And various other guided and un-guided bombs including
MK-82
MK-84
MATRA Durandal anti runway bomb (France)
LT-2 Laser guided (China)
LS6 satellite guided bomb (China)
So from where you can say that jf-17 can carry only limited kind of weapons
And in case of max take off weight,in current configuration Gripen's max take off weight is 14000 kg while of that jf-17 is 13000 kg so there is not much difference there