Or what else make one aircraft superior to other ?? range, max speed, radar range
By this logic we can compare any aircraft with any one
You want to see how Mig29 is league ahead so i have to post specification of both the aircrafts but i think that was off-topic here
Who said range of an aircraft, max speed makes or even radar can make an aircraft superior ?? Where does it says ??
If an operator needs an aircraft to have a range of 2,000KM, as it satisfies its objectives for aerial warfare, why would it be needing an aircraft with 5,000Km range ?? The operator needs to see where its requirements can be satisfied effectively and efficiently.
If an operator needs an aircraft to take payloads of 4,000KG and it satisfies its operational requirements effectively and efficiently, why would it be needing an aircraft to carry 8,000KG payload.
Same for radar, the big aircraft may have a big radar with 300KM range, but can the radar pick up the smaller fighter with reduced RCS at 300KM, if not, then whts the use of such a big radar.
Here the Zhuk-ME specifications:
" The Zhuk-ME features steered array radar antenna and is intended for the Mig-29 aircraft. It can detect airborne targets with a five square meter Radar Cross Section (RCS) at ranges of 110-120 kilometers in the forward hemisphere or 50 kilometers in the rear hemisphere while tracking 10 targets and engaging four of them simultaneously. It can track up to two ground/sea targets simultaneously. In the air-to-ground mode, the Zhuk-ME is capable of detecting armored formations at ranges of 25 kilometers and railway bridges at ranges of 120 kilometers. "
Zhuk-ME
Zhuk radar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So the range for this radar is 120-200KM detection range for different variants and the Mig-29SMT is supposed to be having Zhuk-ME has a 120KM range for 5m2 RCS radar. Do you know the RCS of JF-17 ??
JF-17s radar has 105+KM range for 3m2 RCS target.
So now just compare the radars, there is no superiority for Mig-29SMT that i can see, JF-17s RCS is much less then 3m2, thus JF-17 will be picked up by the Mig-29SMT at less then 100KM range, that also is very probable, it may even be more less, while JF-17 can detect the Mig-29SMT at 100+KM due to its large size, Mig-29s are supposed to be somewhere around the 3m2 RCS target or may be more as some sources put it at 5m2.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/military-aviation/20908-rcs-different-fighters.html
So if its 5m2, be assured, JF-17s will pick it up at 120KM or more and engage it way before the Mig-29 can pick up JF-17 and engage, so who got the upper hand ??
So JF-17 seems to atleast at par or even superior to Mig-29SMT in the radar category.
Even the AESA Zhuk-AE is said to have a 130-140KM range and that would be for 5m2 RCS targets, what about lesser ones ??
http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-1-07/aesaradar_zhuk_AE.htm
Now you consider Mig-29 to be superior to JF-17 based on just range and payload ?? Very absurd.
And in dog fights, i can assure you JF-17 will be very good or even superior and one hell of an opponent for Mig-29s, except may be for the TVC capable Mig-35s, which can also be negated with HMS.
Thus, there is no superiority left with Mig-29 except for the range and payload, which are not definitive edge to consider superiority of a fighter.
Hope much is now clear to you about who is superior and on what basis.
In BVR as well as dog fight engagement, JF-17 can be an equal or superior opponent to Mig-29, and here we see who is more superior and who isn't.