India's Rafale vs Pakistan's F-16: With air prowess in spotlight, how the fighter jets compare

India, during Operation Sindoor, used its Rafale jets armed with Scalp (Storm Shadow) missiles and armed with Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (Hammer) precision bombs to hit nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. If Pakistan retaliates, the Rafale fighters will be up against the F-16s. But how do the two fighter planes compare?

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