Rafale with meteor and spectra is better than anything bar f22,f35.F16 is fodder for it.
Plus S400 is coming.By end 2022 18 mrsam squadrons,5 s400 regiments and 36 rafales will be inducted.PAF will be massacred in any fight.
You are right that Rafales are superior than F 16 but only up to block 52.
Block 70 is actually F 21 which is being pitched to IAF. It has so many sub systems of JSF and Raptor and we all know that. Only as a marketing tact USA is offering this to India under new name F 21. This is mmrca 2 and why USA will offer inferior F 16 to India which lost to rafale in MRCA 1???
They intend to win this order and hence they upgraded this up to block 70 (India offer name F 21)
So it's going to be superior to Rafale till French brings F 5 rafale version.
However India should not buy this jet from US as we can't keep these fighters fly worthy in case US government embargo us in future. India knows this and hence won't buy it. US too now knows this that India won't buy and now since Afghanistan chapter is on the verge of climax US will gift this to Pakistan along with PAC 3. Off course there will be something pak has to give them in return....
Pak will still go ahead happily with this offer in spite of the future risk of US embargo.... Why because Pakistan is one of the oldest viper operator and it has totally mastered this fighter and hence it's capable of keeping it fly and battle worthy with or without USA. Not to forget his close friend Turkey who will always help him with F 16. This is not the case with India.
So only option remains is to somehow convince US to not to supply it to pak.
Worst thing is Pakistan will get this all free of cost whereas we will have to pay for F 5 upgrade to rafale.