A former high-ranking official from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has openly admitted that the severe limitations of their F-16 fighter jets' beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles caused...
Khalid Chishti, a retired PAF officer who served in Operation Sindoor, believes that Pakistan grounded its F-16 fleet because the Rafale's Meteor missile had a longer range than the AMRAAM. Range and first-shot advantage determined the air battle.