sancho
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Kindly try searching about J7Pgs BVR capability i hope u will be shocked.
J7PGs do have BVR capability.
F-7PG
The F-7MG fighter is serving with the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) as the F-7PG. The PG variant is generally same as the MG variant but its avionic configuration has been tailored to meet the PAF requirements. As the Marconi Super Skyranger radar did not meet the PAF requirements, the F-7PG is fitted with an I-band Italian FIAR Grifo-7 pulse-Doppler fire-control radar (37km range), which was optimised to fire the U.S.-made AIM-9L all-aspect short-range AAM, making a lethal combination in air-to-air combat.
Jian-7 (J-7, F-7, Fishbed) Interceptor Fighter - SinoDefence.com
Besides that this was confirmed by pakistani members here before too!
As far as I read it in the JF thread, PAF has planed this:PAFs thinking isnt capped in a bottle.Havent u heard of the plans?
BlockI.BlockII,Block III all will be upgraded and try using ur mind.Right now the infant JF17 is considered to be as capabale as F16 Block 15 what will it be compaired to after it gets matures?
50 x JF with current Chinese config
100 x possibly with French config
100 - 150 x improved versions with AESA radars and higher trust engines mainly
In the same timeframe IAF has planed:
upgrading 60 x Mig 29 to SMT
upgrading 50 x Mirage 2000 to 2005
40 x LCA MK1
100 - 150 x improved versions with AESA radars and higher thrust engines mainy
Except of the improved versions of JF and LCA, all thes fighters will be multi role fighters, with new avionics, muti mode radars, BVR and PG strike capable, so technically on par and as you can see even in the same numbers.
But as I said, these will only be the low end of PAF and IAF, just like F7 and Mig 21 in the past!