India’s indigenous fighter jet hal Tejas and Pakistan-China joint project JF-17 Thunders are often a topic of discussion compared to. Tejas was designed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and has been built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is the smallest and lightened multirol fighter aircraft in the supersonic category. Its first flight took place in 2001 and was included in the Indian Air Force in 2015.

Tejas’ service sealing ranges from 50,000 to 56,758 feet and includes air missiles such as weapons, derby, python-5, asraam and R-73, air missiles, air-by-surface weapons and 23 mm GSH-23 autochanon. Tejas MK2 has a firepower ranging from 3,000 to 3,500 km while its fighter capacity is about 1,500 km. Talking about the safety record, it is very good and only one accident occurred by March 2024, in which the pilot survived safely.

What is the specialty of JF-17?

The first flight of JF-17 Thunder developed towards Pakistan and China took place in 2003 and in 2007 it was inducted into the Pakistani Air Force. Its purpose was to change old aircraft like mirage and F-7P. JF-17’s service sealing is 50,000 feet and includes air-by-air missiles, surface attack weapons, anti-ship missiles, bombs and 23 mm GSH-23-2 twin barrel guns. Its maximum takeoff weighs 13,500 kg and its range with a drop tank goes up to 3,482 km, but its safety record is weak. Since 2011, there have been at least 4 accidents in which the pilots have also lost their lives.

Tejas technically more modern

If you compare both aircraft, Tejas is technically more modern. Its range and height is almost equal to JF-17 but Tejas gains due to light design and modern weapon systems. Tejas is much better than JF-17 in security records. The biggest difference is that China did not include JF-17 in its Air Force, which shows its weakness.

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