That is debatable. When JF is backed by AEW/C, mki loses its main advantage. You talk like mki can't be shot down by JF-17 - that is impossible unless mki is a stealth fighter.
You cannot fire a missile based on an AEW&C's radar. Its the fighter's own radar that has to cue the missile.
There is no other main advantage of MKI. It has its own big radar to track a target further than the adversary and allow a BVR shot before others. It doesnt matter if it is detected or not. It was never intended to remain undetected anyway!
WRONG. Saab's own video says it does...
So what? Erieye is more than powerful enough for PAF's needs.
No, YOU assume we don't know anything by posting BS (shown by you pretending Saab 2k has no command capability).
He has wrongly used the term command capability. What he implied was data processing. What Erieye does is that its radar see's the picture, etc, etc then sends it down to a ground station, which processes the data comming in from the AWACS, ground sensors, etc, etc and processes it and fuses it all together and sends it back to the AEW&C.
Since Pakistan has ordered it in a SAAB 2000, it will have more processing capability compared to other smaller platforms on which Erieye is usually fit, or maybe the PAF has chosen to use the extra space for ELINT, etc instead of using it for processing, but it will not be an autonomous link in the air. If for example ELINT gear is installed, then again, everything detected will be sent to the ground station to be processed and the results sent back to the SAAB 2000.
This means that the AEW&C is critically dependent on the ground station.
This contrasts with Phalcon AWACS, which is a completely independent unit in the air. All the data processing and sensor fusion is done onboard. It also possess a larger radar among other things with larger number of command consoles, ELINT, EW capability.
What the video and press releases about Erieye mean by saying that it has 6 command consoles is that it has 6 operator consoles for battle and airspace management.
These are the limitations of Erieye as compared to Phalcon, however, that is irrelevant IF PAF deems it sufficient for its operations. Many a times, the best equipment is not the RIGHT equipment in a war. As long as PAF gets what it wants from this plane, it serves the purpose beautifully regardless of limitations and poses significant problems for the IAF.
Many combat aircraft undergo MLU, not just mki.
This was in reply to PC's comment that blk 1 JF-17 equal to xyz, blk 2 JF-17 equal to abc, etc, etc.
My post meant that as JF-17 evolves and gets newer sensors, as will the Su-30MKI. The Su-30 in IAF will not remain with the same sensors, radar and engines as it is now with which it is being compared.