Everyone freaking out about the difference between PL-15 and PL-15E clearly don't know how missiles work. Range metrics for missiles are practically useless. For Instance the 145km figure for PL-15E, was this at 40000ft, or at sea level? Did the missile loft or take a direct trajectory? What speed was the firing platform travelling at? How fast was the target? Was the target flying hot or cold? There are so many variables to missile range, that you cannot really give a figure to determine it's range. I genuinely believe that there is no difference between PL-15 and PL-15E. I think people on this forum just have some kind of inferiority complex.
When we were getting the J-10, they assumed that we would have inferior engines, when that was proven wrong, they assumed we would have non-AESA, when that was proven wrong, they assumed we wouldn't get the PL-15. Like stfu already. The PAF knows very well what it needs, and it won't settle for less.