IrbiS
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First of all, F-16 is our love in fourth generation fighters. It proved its metal both in war and in peace time.We know it better than many others and can give a hard time with our best drivers to any comparable machine and IAF or I should say both IAFs know that well. It is in fact more capable than even block 2. But it doesn't mean that there is any thing wrong with Thunder, Falcon is a mature platform while JF is still a kid. It need a little more time to grow up. If you give it cutting edge weaponary and sensors today, it 'll put our falcons to shame.More than at any time I am now convinced that the paf pursuit of more f16 fighters is down to two things.
Firstly it is more capable s fighter than the the thunder even the block 2
Second it is available at much lower cost than both the thunder and the j10.
There can be no other logical reason for buying military hardware from a country that will not back in s war with India.it does not make sense. USA could easily sanction you at any moment proven time and time in history.
We dont even need J-10 for now. One of the reasons for this high performance delta was to counter MMRCA threat which hasn't even been signed yet. Even if India Signs it right now it 'll take time to materialize, by then JF would be what we need it to be by giving the capabilities that we wanted in J-10 plus hopefully more Falcons would have arrived.J 10 is simply not available as long as it carries AL 31
By the Time WS 10 matures it will be another five years and the Twin engine
J 31 with RD 93 will be available
And as far as comparision of Jf 17 Block 2 with F 16 is concerned ;
there is no comparision really