Pakistan's F-16 Vs India's Rafael: In-depth Comparison

Pakistan's F-16 Fighter jet 

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F-16 is a fourth generation single-engine supersonic multi role fighter jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

With a wing span of 9.96 metre, length -15.06 metre and height 4.88 metre it's weight without any payload is 9.2 ton and with payload take off weight is 13 ton

Maximum range of F-16 is 4,220 km, its maximum speed is 2,414 km/hr and Rate of climb for F-16 is 914.4 km/hr

Its internal fuel capacity is 3.1 ton and external fuel capacity is 1.38 ton

WEAPONS

F-16 consists of 9 weapon loading points and it can carry-

1)Aim-9 sidewinder short range air to air missile

2)Aim-120 Amraam medium range air to air missile

3)Agm 65 Maverick air to ground missile

4)Penguin anti ship missile

5)radar guided AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range AAMs in a weapon mix

6)cluster bombs

7)Laser guided bombs

8)GPS-guided bombs

9)Nuclear bombs

also it has an internal 20 mm Vulcan canon

Radar

F-16 has integrated technologies derived from the f-22 and f-35 including the electronically scanned Array(AESA) APG-83 radar that provides f-16 with fifth generation fighter radar capability, it can detect enemies in the range of 120 km and its maximum engagement range is 20 targets at 84 km/s

India's Rafael

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Rafael jet is a is twin-jet fighter aircraft manufactured by Dassault Aviation which is able to operate from both an aircraft carrier and a base

With a wing span of 10.90 metre, length -15.30 metre and height 5.30 metre it's weight without any payload is 10 ton and with payload take off weight is 24.5 ton

Maximum range of rafael is 3,700 km, its maximum speed is 2,130 km/hr and Rate of climb for rafael is 1097.28 km/hr

Its internal fuel capacity is 4.1 ton and external fuel capacity is 6.7 ton

WEAPONS

1)MICA air to air "beyond visual range" (BVR) interception combat and self defense missiles

2)METEOR long range air to air missile

3) Highly Agile and Maneuverable Munition extended range aka HAMMER modular , rocket boosted air to ground precision guided weapon series fitted with inertial navigation , geo positioning system , IIR guidance kit

4)SCALP long range missile

5) AM-39 anti ship missile

6)GPS-guided bombs

7)GIAT revolver canon which fires 30 mm shells at 2,500 rounds per minute

Radar

Rafael is fitted with 4 key technologies

1)A multi directional radar which can detect 40 targets at the same time in a range of over 100 kms

2)An detectable passive radar sensor which is an extremely precise optical camera

3)Recognisance pod which is a massive digital camera which can take images at any speed

4)Spectra- An integrated defence aid system which can jam or counter jam enemy radar signals, give missile approch warnings and send out decoy signals

Ultimately it also depends on the skills of the pilot. So, the facts are in front of you now you can decide on your own that which fighter jet is more superior and do let us know in the comment section.