Thats what I am trying to say. We should go forward with the project that The Major Stakeholders are Funding !
Not with the side project. Obviously there might be some reason for which PLAAF and PLAN are not going forward with this project. And I am interested to hear that reason. I asked same...
They don't need to worry but customers do ask these questions. Have you seen any Airforce in world who ignore a top class bird and go for other bird even if has abundant of Budget ?
If J-31 is that much capable PLAAF and PLAN should not have ignored it. Again I am interested to listen about the...
Shenyang is such a powerful organization, and is so much confident about its new 5th Gen Jet. But still is unable to Convince its own Airforce to go forward with the project. Whats the requirement of PLAAF and PLAN which J-31 can't fulfill !
I am interested to listen about that.
I was mistaken but their defense budget is not that much lower.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/tu-budget.htm
This is the link of 2014 and they have spent 30 Billion USD in that year.
Now don't turn the discussion around. The point was that If Shenyang is so much confident...
Okay, but why PLAAF or PLAAN is not investing in the project if **Shenyang is quite confident of most of the needed technology for J-31** ??
lol do you think they will assist Turkiye for free ?
They will Charge $s for that :)
If they are getting $s, that all what they want. Thats the reason...
Its not happening Currently for Block1s and Block2s but what about Block 3 ??
There has been no statement regarding the fact that we are interested in WS-13. But regarding RD series engines there is always something to hear from Officials.
Sir are we not pushing towards RD-33 MK for JF-17 Thunder ??
Same engines are used by Mig-35 if I am not mistaken :)
And even if the Engine might be any other variant, but the family is still the same.
Yap but I don't think so adding Mig-35 will be a logistic nightmare as it has engine commonalities with JF-17 Thunder. JH-7B is from China, and costs not more than a piece of Thunder.
In anycase, they have to add atleast 1 platform thats the need of time. We can't just wait for J-31 to come...
Again that argument has no substance. Whats the dependency of *SIZE* of China on the Aircraft ???
And Aircraft already has a Considerable Range. *Small Countries* *Small Purpose* also makes no sense, look around the world, much smaller countries than Pakistan are operating much *BIGGER* Aircrafts.
Yeahh and thats the reason that the Aircraft has limited scope to Grow. And is moving on Slowly because it doesn't have the abundant of funds for R&D. Shenyang Corporation is dragging the Project itself.
That argument makes no sense that its an export purpose Aircraft hence PLAAF/PLAAN won't be...
Project's Development speed is not that much fast as its not being funded by PLAAF. Shenyang
@MastanKhan bro we need to realize that J-31 project is not the *Main focused* project that is running parallel. Its a side project. As Chinese are also themselves saying that the Bird needs alot of...
I had a discussion with one of my Chinese Friend((Note a Very Well Informed Person)) regarding J-31 5th Generation Stealth Aircraft.
According to him, PLAAF has no intentions uptill now to buy J-31. Thats the reason they are not Funding the project and all the R&D is being Carried out on the...