FuturePAF
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It's a neat little jet but two problems:
1. Russia don't have the industrial capacity to make it in any meaningful numbers.
2. Russia don't have any global soft power to sell it. Eastern Europe with the exception of Serbia and Belarus absolutely hate Russia. Only China might buy it in any meaningful number.
would China seriously consider this, when it has its own companies far along with two designs. They only viable way I think this would be seen in Chinese service is if has the lift fan (from the Yak-141 design) added so it can be used on Type 075 LHD type platforms, and even the. It might only be fielded in the low hundreds, but that might be enough to keep Russian industry going along.