Hack-Hook
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you are wrong on that . by the way the combat range is 1350km not combat radius. that will be less than half of combat range because you must add at least 10 min of combat time if you want to have a meaningful numberManned fighter jets are still useful in modern warfare. With the prevalence of UCAV which fly low, air defense is ineffective against them. Manned fighter jets are effective at eliminating UCAV by flying over them and using look down shoot down mode. That is why Iran will buy JF-17 Block 3 / 4 as its next generation fighter jet to replace aging F-14, F-4, F-5, MiG-29.Iran is a pretty small country. Distance Khoy and Chabahar only 2,080 km. Less than half the distance Kashgar and Xiamen. Iran has no need for heavy fighter. JF-17 combat radius 1,350 km is sufficient for Iran needs.
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Combat range is the maximum range the aircraft can fly when carrying ordnance.
combat radius in military terms, refers to the maximum distance a ship, aircraft, or vehicle can travel away from its base along a given course with normal load and return without refueling, allowing for all safety and operating factors.
so no JF-17 is not that useful for Iran . at must it can replace our F-5s and for that we want build a modernized F-5 hopefully something like F-20 or F-18
by the way are you aware that our heavy and sluggish F-14 still can outmaneuver airplanes like JF-17 and F-16 in Dogfight ?