total LCA crash : 0
total prototypes built : 6
total LSP aircraft built : 16
total flying hours : 2800+ hours
IOC obtained : sometime last year.
you see, LCA is exceptional. HAL and DRDO was very careful regarding LCA.
Hahaha! Your logic is astounding! LCA hasnt entered serial production yet and has a whopping 16 examples flying and you claim its superior to everything because it hasnt crashed yet? Its not even operational!
last time i checked, there were only 17 JF-17 built so far.
if jf17 is 'operational' then our LCA is way more than operational.
i think jf-17 still needs to go weapons integration test. correct me if i am wrong here..
Check again, there are almost 50 JF17's built. Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles: Short range: AIM-9L/M, PL-5E, PL-9C
Beyond visual range: PL-12 / SD-10
Air-to-surface missiles: Anti-radiation missiles : MAR-1[93]
Anti-ship missiles: C-802A,[73] C-803
Cruise missiles: Ra'ad ALCM
Bombs:
Unguided bombs: Mk-82, Mk-84 general purpose bombs
Matra Durandal anti-runway bomb
CBU-100/Mk-20 Rockeye anti-armour cluster bomb
Precision guided munitions (PGM): GBU-10, GBU-12, LT-2 laser-guided bombs
H-2, H-4 electro-optically guided,[3] LS-6 satellite-guided glide bombs[136]
The JF17 is operational, going on active patriols, with all these weapons intergrated.