>>64380703
> the M346 is the Italian version of this but with a bit less fighter and strike capabilities
>less fighter and strike capabilities
Such as? The 346 can use AGM-65s, APKWS rockets, S and MRAAMS, anti ship MK-2 missiles, brimstone, most GBUs, JDAMs, some JSOWs and glide kits etc. Not to mention the M-346 can carry more ordnance, is faster, has a much better T/W ratio, can do air refueling unlike the yak, has better survivability and manouverability (both at sea level and at altitude). There is not a single comparison where the Yak beats the 346 beside unit cost.
The yak being utterly inferior in pure performance was even properly documented by a spanish scientific paper. ( https://www.cud.upct.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/S%C3%A1nchez-Lozano_and_Naranjo_ASOC_2020.pdf )