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Originally Posted by indianguy4u
well there r many pak posters which will like to say that j-10 as good as that of mirage 2000 but nothing concrete evidence of such thing is know ( do u?? ). Also if that was the case doesn't it will be good for china to get rafale or ef2000 plane which r better than mirage 2000-5( if j-10 as good as mirage mk2) why 2 planes in similar roles
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A reasonable comparison of Mirage and J-10 relative capabilities cannot be made without more information on J-10, but the obvious conclusion is that the J-10 has some ways to go. This is not to say that the platform doesn't have potential, just that the avionics and radars are not up to western standards.
Rafale and Typhoon have not been offered to China, and probably will not be in any near term. At this point, AMRAAM is the main missile for the Typhoon, and the US would not release it to China. There is significant other US tech in Typhoon also via JV's with BAe and US firms, not to mention the political fallout. China's heavy fighter is the SU-27/J-11 anyway, and China has ongiong next generation projects. I doubt whether China would want to spend the money to induct Rafale in any significant numbers, since she has already invested heavily in the J-11 for the air dominance role. While no doubt she would like to have Rafale tech, much of that can be acquired via Mirage, since it is unlikely that France will offer SPECTRA for export on Rafale.