ajaybhutani
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LCA is built as a point defence fighter which will be deployed near borders..Averröes said:They're meant to counter eachother no?
thunder will be used by PAkistan against all indian planes.(i wouldnt state it has been designed for facing all indian planes..as a lot of compromises have been made to keep it cheap ).
again i'll wait for these planes to come out before i start speculating about who can win in which circumstances. All i can state is that LCA is a much bigger effort because its a much different airframe.. its cant run without a FBW( JF17 can.. as its staticallystable and in turn much lessser agile).. that changes the whole development effort level altogether.. Paksitan made a compromise to have a proven 3rd gen (statically stable ) airframe as it leads to lower development costs and lower prices.. but this leads to lower performances too. how lower that we need to wait till a war happens or these two fighters face each other.