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I actually like China's approach toward indigenous weapons platform development. It's very practical and goes a step beyond reverse engineering. I'm glad the Chinese used the air frame designs of Su-27s for their J-11B, Su-33 for J-15 and Su-30 for J-16s. What's the point of wasting resources...

The Russian have been actively trying to sell Su-35 to China for more than 7 years already. The problem is not the Russian's reluctance to sell, it's China's reluctance to buy. Also copying Su-35 doesn't even make sense for China, say for example they sign the deal this year. It'll be 2015 or...

This is one of the most moronic thing's I've ever heard. 1) Assuming similar thrust to weight ratios and from the same generation, the larger aircraft will always have greater range and weapons payload than the smaller aircraft. That's why the Indian Airforce bought a large # of Su-30MKIs and is...

Salut just tested Al-31FN Series 3 engines (137kN) for J-10 and mentions a contract with China. Based on the thrust, it's most likely Al-31F M1 with slight modifications (gear box position) so "testing" shouldn't take long. J-10B will probably be equipped with these higher thrust variants...