China’s PL-16 missile is larger than India’s Astra-series missiles, potentially allowing Chinese stealth fighters to carry a greater number of internal air-to-air weapons.
The size of a missile directly influences how many can be accommodated inside a stealth fighter’s internal weapons bay while maintaining low observability.
India’s AMCA is currently expected to carry around four Astra-series beyond-visual-range missiles within its internal weapons bay.
While missile count is important, AMCA focuses on balancing stealth, advanced sensors, indigenous weapon integration, and overall combat effectiveness.
The comparison highlights the strategic trade-off between missile dimensions, internal carriage capacity, and air superiority performance in future aerial warfare.
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