Comparison between JF-17 Rafale and F-16

 JF-17 vs Rafale quota

    Is Rafale better than JF-17

India recently received five Rafale jets France is designing and building it for about 33 years. India was trying to get these aircraft for a long time on the 25th of February 2019 , when Pakistan shot down two Indian fighter jets. Prime minister of India Narendra modi said if we had Rafale then things would be different. India booked 36 Rafale aircraft in France out of which it received a batch of first five aircraft.

 Rafale is upgraded version fourth generation aircraft, it was never used in a dogfight till now though , it was used for bombardment over Iraq .

Pakistan rebuilt its JF-17 with the help of China. The Pakistan Army currently deploys two main types of fighter, one type blocking the fleet in 2007 and two variants that entered production in 2013. In 2020, Pakistan introduced Block 3 version of JF-17.

We will compare the different aspects of the Raphael JF-17 Block 3 Virgin and F-16, the first flight Raphael made the first flight on July 4, 1986. The JF-17 was first launched on 25 August 2003, while the F-16 made its maiden flight on 20 January 1974.

Engine

 The raffle's edges are above the JF-17 and F-16 when it comes to engine up, the up-thrust is the force that moves the aircraft in the air. The refill is equipped with two engines which are 150 k.

 The JF-17 and F-16 have the same engine with an up-thrust 85 kW and 106 kW thrust-to-weight ratio, respectively. The thrust-to-weight ratio is the most important parameter for determining the performance of an aircraft. The better the trust-to-weight ratio, the better it will do. Initially the Rafale has a plus-to-weight ratio when armed. 1.13, the JF-17 is one, while the F-16 has a thrust-to-weight ratio of 1.06, the major drawback of the Rafale is its ability to upgrade that it cannot be upgraded JF-17 and F16 are built on block building approach . This means that although they can be upgraded over time, the weapons attached to the Rafale can never be upgraded in terms of its design and technology and G. If the Rafale gets old you will have to buy a new one but currently the JF-17 can be upgraded instead of buying a new block. . Version 3 of the JF-17 is under preparation. Fuel consumption

 Refuel fuel consumption is one liter per kilometer, JF-17 has a fuel consumption of 1.40 liters per kilometer, F-16 consumes a lot of fuel and has a fuel consumption of 3.3636 liters per kilometer. Despite having two engines where failure is better than fuel consumption

Both speeds

 The maximum speed of the Rafale is 1389 kilometers per hour, while the maximum speed of the JF-17 is much higher than the Rafale which is 1960 kilometers per hour. The F-16 is leading both at a maximum speed of 2414 kilometers per hour.

Range

 The maximum distance that Rafak can take between TTF and TF and Leffing is the same range as both Rafale and JF-17, Rafale has a range of 3700 kms while JF-17 has a range of 3482 kms, F-16 has a range. 4 is 200 kilometers, which is more than the Raphael and jf-17.

 Weight

tweights 6500 kilograms whilst F-16 weights 9207 kilogram , the greater the weight of an aircraft grader would be its drag Jf-17 is lighter than both , which provides it an area . During a dogfight military weapons hard points are the number of weapons that can be connected to an aircraft . Rafale has 14 heart points while Jf-17 has eleven hard points . In the missile system Jf-17 is unmatchable block 3 era of Jf-17, comes with a PL-15 missile system PL-15 has beyond visual range capability which means that if the object is not visible to the pilot . He can still goal it the PL-15s beyond visual range missile has reportedly caused serious fear not only in India but also in the pentagon region 15 has a range of 300 kilometers , while the meteor missile system which is equipped in Rafale has a vary of 150 kilometers .

Radar cross section

Radar cross section is the measure of stealth and plane rcs of rafale is 0.5 meter square rcs of Jf-17 is 4 meters square an rcs of f-16 is 1.2 meter , square this ability Jf-17 can be easily detected by the opponents . As compared to rafale and f-16 location , Rafale is produced in france . JF-17 is produced in Pakistan with help from china. F-16 is produced in the united states , as Jf-17s is produced locally in Pakistan .This gives an advantage to the Pakistan air force's local manufacturing decrease the dependence on other countries . India bought 36 Rafale aircrafts from France , whilst Pakistan can produce 30-35 JF-17 aircrafts each year.

Cast

cost of a single unit of Rafale is 93.6 million dollars. JF-17 costs 25 million dollars for a single unit , the cost is predicted to go up for block 3. The cost of a single unit of f-16 is 29.1 million dollars. Price of a refill is almost triple than that of a single JF-17.

We presented an honest comparison to you , now it's up to you to decide which aircraft is the best.

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