F-16 with AESA would give us an edge over Su-30MKI. Why are you so obsessed with French equipment, after the Rafale deal French will not sell their avionics and weaponry to us. So I say that we should go for Typhoon. We can induct it in small numbers in the beginning since we would not be in a hurry to complete a squadron. If we bought Typhoon it would allow us to get our hands on Typhoon avionics and EJ-200 for JF-17. If we don't have the money then we should take soft loans from Saudi Arabia or China. As soon as the Rafale deal is signed we should go for Typhoon. Forget the French we lost them.
@MastanKhan when you replied to my previous post you never said that we should go for Typhoon or not. Besides F-16 a twin engine 4++ generation platform(except J-31) is required to counter Rafale and the only ones that are good enough are Typhoon and F-15SE. US won't sell us F-15SE so Typhoon is the only option left plus Typhoon is even superior to Rafale. I know that Typhoon is extremely expensive, if we have the money for it then it's all good but if we don't then we should take soft loans from China and Saudi Arabia.
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