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You might be too optimistic. You don't know how difficult it is. It demands the supports of the entire industrial system, not just design, but manufacture, materials and etc, Let alone that it needs decades to expose and fix the issues in testing and service.

It isn't easy to develop an engine for a modern fighter jet. The engines for F15 was first full of all kinds of problems and got numerous complaints from US Air force in the early years. It took 15 years to be mature in service. China WS10 project was started in late 70s. It took 40 years to get...

What you said will not happen. First, TFX planes will take decades to be mature because Turkey has never independently design and develop a fighter jet, let alone a stealthy fighter; Second, TFX relies heavily on all kinds of inducted subsystems. Turkey is lack of the core technologies. You...

Pretty sure PAF will go for land based J35

Land based J35. Confirmed !

Funding is not an issue for J31/35. Chinese Navy wants a carrier based stealthy fighter badly. Chinese Air Force also wants another type of stealthy fighter to balance the high cost of J20, to fill in the role like J10. China always keeps things secret, there is no desire and no need to disclose...

I believe this is true. PAF gave a lot of suggestions to improve J10, since PAF is very familiar with F16. But it's mainly focus on the convenience of controlling this big bird for a pilot, As for the core tech, like DSI, engine, radar, it relied solely on Chinese developers' own knowledges and...

It’s said to be land based variant in Chinese media. The major difference is that this variant doesn’t come with folding wing and the internal structure is not so strong as carrier based version.

Land based J35

Real. J35 will enter service next year with the new Fujian air carrier.

J-35

The J31 in the video is the preliminary, unmature version, the ultimate J31 should be the land based J35.

The last sentence of your statements is ridiculous. Everyone knows that China Navy funds this project for a carrier based variant and China Air Force wants the land based one. Why collaborate? Who will give you the top secret technologies? Since J20 is already in mass production, you should...

Egypt, SAC, FC-31 procurement and TOT deal https://www.tacticalreport.com/news/article/61145-egypt-sac-fc-31-procurement-and-tot-deal

you are wrong. China is testing both the regular version and 2D vector thrust version. the 2D engine was displayed in Zhuhai Airshow 2022

I see. So WS-10H is the variant for carrier-based J15. H is Hai which is sea in Chinese language. This shows that WS-10 series are already mature, lift hours should not be an issue any more.

I don't know about WS13, what we discussed was about WS10 series for heavy fighters like J10 and J20. WS10 series are already mature. There are many variants tailored for different planes. What's WS-10H? I have never heard of it. WS-10A was gone. It's just the initial version which was not...

Man, Chinese engine is evolving, your impression should also be evolving accordingly. In old days, China couldn't develop and produce anything. Now you accept that Chinese electronics, Radar is good. This is the same situation to Chinese engine. according to the latest news, China is retiring...

Regarding your last question, properly no one can give you an answer. One thing that we are sure is that J10CP is not bad, otherwise PAF would not have inducted this bird.