Just imagine the ignorance of these bakhts. Comparing Tejas to F-16 is an insult to F-16. Tejas is designed for only one thing that is to replace mig-21 in IAF. IAF still had more confidence in mig-21 than Tejas because it kept mig-21s and SU-30s in forward bases at their highest air alert against Pakistan after failed balakot strike. If india had even 1% confidence on Tejas, then they could have easily deployed it in Kashmir region or any foward base. But it was intentionally kept away from all the action. As Tejas is not a pure fighter jet, Its a LIFT platform. A JF-17 block 1 will beat Tejas 9 out of 10 times. JF-17 is a pure fighter jet, a combat tested, same one which operated with impunity over Kashmir region in 2019 and SU-30s could do nothing but back off.
LOL!! Tejas is the most outdated design currently anywhere in the world. Its exactly 1950's design. JF-17s and F-16s are atleast 2 decades ahead than Tejas. Even a child can understand that such large delta wings are outdated for more than a half a century. Aircraft is terrible in performance with such design at high intensity warfare. Modern designs like Rafales or J-10Cs have different delta wings, their delta wing is not as huge w.r.t fuselage and most importantly they make use of cannards. Only 1950s aircrafts used such full size delta wing. Tejas is 1950s design, its not even debatable.
1950s (Full size Delta wing, earliest fighter jet design)
F-102 (1951 )
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Mirage IIIs - late 1950s.
and many other aircrafts of 1950s.
Tejas also use exactly same design from 1950s.
1970s & 80s:
Cropped delta wing design that is used in F-16s and JF-17s
1980s:
Smaller delta wing with Cannards like Rafales, Typhoons, J-10Cs.