Hack-Hook
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if you think turkey come to war with Iran if Iran decide to give a lesson to Azerbaijan you will see how wrong you areAzerbaijan = Turkey
8 missile grippen can carry moreThere's no way Kowsar can carry the amount of air to air missiles F14 can carry so more firepower, and better kinematic performance means better launch parameters for long range missiles, better chance for evading incoming missiles etc. It's always important, not just in a dogfight.
Reduced RCS of Gripen sounds nice but you can do that without losing performance. Like in F22 and TFX
f16 can carry more
speed f14 top speed is only 300km more than those airplanes
the problem with f-5 was its radar and low engine power , those problem were solved in f-20
by the way are you aware that F-18 is based on the same Platform that f-5 is based on which is N-156
this image is an interesting image to show why f-5 design is more suitable for development and tinkering with than f-14