Specifications of JF-17 Thunder

General characteristics :

• Crew: 1
• Length: 14.93 m (49 ft)
• Wingspan: 9.45 m(including 2 wingtip missiles) (31 ft)
• Height: 4.72 m (15 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 24.4 m² (263 ft²)
• Empty weight: 6,586 kg (14,520 lb)
• Loaded weight: 9,100 kg (20,062 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 12,383 kg (27,300 lb)
• Power plant: 1 × Klimov RD-93 or WS-13 turbofan(still in testing phase)
  • Dry thrust: 49.4 kN / 51.2 kN (11,106 lbf / 11,510 lbf)
  • Thrust with afterburner: 84.5 kN (19,000 lbf)
• G-limit: +8 g / -3 g
• Internal Fuel Capacity: 2300 kg (5,130 lb)

Performance:

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (1,191 knots, 2,205 km/h)
• Combat radius: 1,352 km (840 mi)
• Ferry range: 3,482 km (1,880 NM)
• Service ceiling: 16,920 m (55,500 ft)
• Thrust/weight: 0.95 

Armament:

• Guns: 1× 23 mm GSh-23-2 twin-barrel cannon (can be replaced with 30 mm GSh-30-2)
• Hardpoints: 7 in total (4× under-wing, 2× wing-tip, 1× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 3,629 kg (8,000 lb) external fuel and ordnance
• 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
    • Anti-ship missiles: C-802A, 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, LS-6 satellite-guided glide bombs
    • Satellite-guided bombs
• Others:
• Up to 3 external fuel drop tanks (1× under-fuselage 800 litres, 2× under-wing 800/1100 litres each) for extended range/loitering time

Avionics:

• NRIET KLJ-7 multi-mode fire-control radar
• Night vision goggles (NVG) compatible glass cockpit
• Helmet Mounted Sights/Display (HMS/D)

• Externally mounted avionics pods:
• KG-300G self-protection radar jamming pod
• WMD-7 day/night targeting pod

A short camparison with the American F-16: