hiya tiami bro.
i am saying f-16 is top of the line fighter for paksitan.
and will remain so - reason being its superior avionics ,
and reliability. its been with paf for long time and PAF has biggest hand behind the sucess of f-16 .
and when it come to india - india has su-30 mki as top fighter , i bet against india's best paksitan would like send its best.
and f-16 will give a good run to su-30.
-as for rcs about some time ago - in PDF only it was discussed - in these vs thread - and i will search and find it. it was told to be around 3. something . and then it was told by some senior memeber who know what he utters. i wil lfind it too.
cheers.
Yes F-16s would be the one who would be engaging the MKIs. But kindly don't under estimate the FC-20s. They would be no less to F-16s in engine thrust, range, weapon carrying capacity and its dog fighting capabilities are good enough.
So now the game comes to avionics, well the current JF-17 radar is better then the current PAF F-16s APG-66 ones.
FC-20 is a much larger plane, with a much bigger nose thus can accommodate a much larger radar system.
Well if you guys wanna underestimate the Chinese toys, well then i can't say anything to that, but personally gone are the days when Chinese weapon systems were of no worth, in last one decade they have gone ahead and with these same weapons they are gonna fight their enemy. Do remember against these same Chinese toys, India is fielding their best MKIs. So if IAF is not taking these Chinese toys lightly, so shouldn't you guys.
And 50-60 Blk 52s are not gonna contain the 250 or so MKIs, thus FC-20s are gonna supplement the Blk 52s in containing the mighty MKIs. In underestimating FC-20s by the enemy lies PAF success, the same way people underestimate the JF-17s.
And as for RCS, well there is no official figure, nor we can guess as no one knows about JF-17 fully. It is smaller in size and shape compared to F-16s, and has DSI intakes which give it further reduction in its RCS.
If MKIs have a 5m2 RCS, then saying JF-17 has 3.5m2 would be unjustified, as JF-17 is much smaller compared to MKIs.
Plus, FC-20s are yet 4-5 years away, so there is much room for improvement and make it capable enough to take on a MKI.
So lets wait and let the final product come in.