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𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐮 𝐉-𝟏𝟎𝐂 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐞?

Pakistan has confirmed the acquisition of Full Squadron of 25 FC-20E fighter jets, export variant of J-10C from China in Response to India's Rafale fighter jets

As Pakistan’s fifth-generation fighter jet program, Project Azm, hangs in balance and its present fleet of JF-17 does not look competitive enough to challenge Indian Rafales, the J-10C (FC-20E) becomes an obvious choice for Pakistan...

According reports, a Pakistani lawmaker Dr.Afnan Ullah Khan questioned the move to acquire the J-10C,saying that does not match upto Rafale jets made by French Dassault Aviation. Pakistan, which is struggling to sustain its economy, continues to procure defence equipment...

The J-10C is a single-engine, light multirole fighter that can fly in
all weather conditions. It was designed for the People’s Liberation
Army Air Force to carry out strike and air-to-air combat operations.

The Rafale is a twin-engine fighter that can operate from either an
aircraft carrier or a land base.All combat aviation missions can be
carried out by Rafale, including air superiority & air defense,close
air support,in-depth strikes,reconnaissance,anti-ship strikes.

Rafale employs the SPECTRA electronic warfare system with RBE2 (AESA) Radar. J-10C uses AESA Radar developed indigenously by China.
Rafale has a better electronic warfare system, however,both are Delta Canard designs..There is little known about EW Suite of J-10C

Rafale’s RBE2 (AESA) radar, along with the Meteor missile, gives it a notable
advantage in Beyond Visual Range (BVR) warfare.
For long range interception, the J-10C uses the PL-15 which is a
dual-stage BVRAAM with a 200+ km range.

The Rafale uses the Meteor, which is considered the best
Air-to-Air-Missile in the world. It uses a next-generation technology
called the ducted ramjet, which ensures a high range of 200
kilometers,it maintains the same kinetic energy throughout its flight
range.

The short-range missile of Rafale (MICA-IR) is generations ahead of
the PL-10(IR) missiles of the J-10C. The MICA-IR has an Imaging Infrared
(IIR) seeker has a much
higher range,off bore shoot capability,G tolerance and kill
probability.

The J-10C has an empty weight of 8,850 kg against Rafale’s empty
weight of 9,850 kg
Rafale is a double engine aircraft, each engine providing a thrust of
75 Kilo-Newton whereas J-10C is a single engine aircraft with a thrust
of 62 Kilo-Newton.

The Rafale has a 20 percent greater thrust for just 11 percent higher
weight than the J-10C.Rafale is going to have a thrust-to-weight ratio far better than the J-10C which means better agility and higher energy which is the deciding factor within visual range (WVR) combat.

FC-20E or J-10C is not comparable to Rafales in both WVR and BVR.
J-10C Varient on which FC-20E based is powered by a Chinese-made WS-10
Taihang engine.However, it is not yet clear how reliable these
Chinese-built jet engines are.

Rafale has powerful SNECMA M 88 engines which gives a speed of 1.8
Mach or 1912 kmph which imparts excellent maneuverability to it
meaning you can go at very low height and still destroy the target and quickly withdraw.

The Rafale has a range of 3,700 km as compared to the 1,850 km that
the J-10C offers.
while the Rafale has a maximum speed of Mach 1.8 (1,912 km/h), the J-10C is Leading at Mach 2.1 (2,305 km/h)

One major difference between the two aircraft is that, Rafale has been
used in combat missions in Afghanistan,Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.
the J-10C has not faced any real combat situation. Thus, Rafale is not only a battle-tested but also battle-hardened fighter aircraft.

On numerous occasions, Pakistan-based defence experts have raised the issues of receiving inferior quality of combat fighter aircrafts and armed drones from China. On paper, Rafale clearly holds an edge, but
no one can speculate what will happen when they come face to face.

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