Comparison Of Top Guns: US F-16 Jets Vs Sukhoi 30MKI

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Comparison of top guns: US F-16 jets vs Sukhoi 30MKI

Text: TNNThe US has okayed the sale of eight F-16 fighters to Pakistan.Here’s how it stacks up against India’s meanest fighter jet, the Sukhoi 30MKI...2/6

Primary function

F-16: Multirole combat fighter aircraft Su-30MKI: Multirole combat fi ghter aircraft In pic: Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 3/6

Manufacturers

F-16: Lockheed Martin (US) Su-30MKI: Irkut Corp (Russia), HAL (under licence, India) In pic: An IAF Su-30 MKI flying over North Sea4/6

Introduction

F-16: Aug 1978 Su-30MKI: Sept 2002 In pic: A F-16 takes off5/6

Top speed

F-16: 2414 kph (Mach 2, twice the speed of sound) Su-30MKI: 2120 kph (Mach 1.7) In pic: Sukhoi Su-30MKI6/6

Armament: Sukhoi 30MKI

Built-in singlebarrel 30-mm GSh-301 gun (150 rounds) Up to 6 air-to-air missiles Up to 6 guided air-tosurface missiles Up to 6 laser guided bombs Up to 8,500-kg cluster bombs Up to 80 unguided rockets Payloads up to 8,000 kg

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