This is a general thing in the region, being India or Pakistan you can’t trust that much their opinion, it’s more a pissing contest than anything else.
I read the Indian MiG-29A pilot interview, and he was mainly comparing dogfight in clean aircraft over the airfield. Off course the MiG-29 is the best in that kind of contest.
But MiG-29A has no ECM, no air refuelling and I do prefer SERVAL over SPO-15.
MiG-29A barely has more fuel than Mirage 2000 but 2 engines, not very good for play time.
These are not features to dismiss if you mean serious business :music_whistling:
A while back Indian pilots gloated over beating hands down RAF Typhoon with Su-30MKI during training.
After the clash Vs Pakistanis F-16 and AIM-120 they are eager to get Rafale delivered with Meteor ASAP :music_whistling:
Likewise a Pakistanis pilots pretended in interview they would turn around Mirage 2000 easily, but their solo display doesn’t demonstrate that capacity.
Their area of contest is over high altitude mountains, and the Greek who operate both F-16 and Mirage 2000 explain that the Mirage behaves better above 20 000ft.
Much to my surprise a F-15E pilot who did fly in Mirage 2000D told me the Mirage 2000 was performing better in high altitude too (but F-15E is much more loaded).
So being India or Pakistan pilots, cross checking what they say is very important.