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actually it is, and thats a fact, feel free to counter it. The MKI is by far the best in Asia.
You can have the best aircraft yet still be unable to take full advantage of it e.g. due to doctrine, pilot training, other causes.
E.g. Germany with Me-262: should never have been attempted to turn it into a fighter-bomber, this would have cut at least a year of it's introduction into service, putting it in action at a time when fuel shortages weren't as bad. Mig-29 and Su-27 are excellent dogfighters, often better than Western counterparts, but if they get knocked down by superior BVR capabilities in those otherwise inferior Western aircraft, what good does the dogfighting capability do you? Likewise, compare which planes Israel had in past conflicts compared to other combattants, and then compare doctrine. Which air forces were effective?
What if you have an excellent even BVR capable aircraft and your missiles turn out to fail (e.g. due to poor production quality or because of poor storage condition)?
In sum: a lot of different factors are involved in making a combat aircraft effective and the actual aircraft itself is just one of those factors.