Ok I think you mix something here! As I have learned during my visit to Romania last year, the LancerC is BVR capable. It has the Elta EL/M 2032 muli-mode radar with look-down/shoot-down capability. It has a new wide angle HUD and sophisticated HOTAS-conbtrols. And it has, because it was designed together with ELBIT from Israel, the Dash (Display and Sighting Helmet).
It can carry a wide variety of air-to-air weapons of both Western and Eastern origin, but not the Sidewinder. These include the Python 3 of Israeli origin, R-60 and also R-73. Also on the stores is the Mica Magic II which is also very capable. The R-77 could be fired but isn´t yet in the inventroy of the RoAF. It has also ordered the Python IV and V recently.
Refering to what SayWhat?! said, because it was also designed by ELBIT it has the same ECM,RWR and so on capability, by using special pods. They are said to be very good. The LancerA´s can also be equipped with the Litening II Laser Designator Pod.
I know that these LancerC´s have intercepted and shot-down Harrier GR.7´s and Jaguars. So make no misstake! These fighters are among the most capables in NATO-Inventory. And I bet they could give even an F-16 an hard time because of it´s look-down/shoot-down capability and the Dash. If they had a moving map in it they would be fourth-generation fighters! Just think about it. So this was my brief article about the LancerC. And no, I´m not from Romania.