sancho
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J-10B/C Vigorous Dragon
...(J-10C) with enhanced 4th generation electronics including a more powerful AESA radar, more composite material and a more powerful engine was under development.
What if...
...J10B doesn't include an AESA yet?
The rumors were always unclear about PESA/AESA and the engine isn't ready either. So is it possible that J10B is a stop gap with the external modifications, to start the production, while the latter C version will be the one with indigenous engine and AESA radar?
In this case @Dazzler s info's would make sense again, that the J10As will be converted to J10Cs and not to B's, because then they would get the whole upgrade of external and internal changes, rather than keep using the same Russian engine and maybe even the same KJ10?
And IF J10B is just a stopgap now, could that also be a reason why PAF had not signed an order yet?