SuperSubrayan
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We already are. Chinese ripoff has lots of defects . Their flag ship aircraft which I really respect is the j10s . J11 /15 are underpowered and with very less range than presumed . J10 is a proven platform and an improved F16 version of Israel Lavi project ...Highly doubted. Don't think so.
American intelligence officials have confirmed what has long been suspected, that the new Chinese J-10 fighter was built using Israeli technology. Russian engineers also admitted that the J-10 had such technology. The J10 looks something like the American F-16, and weighs about the same (19 tons). Like the F-16 the J10 has only one engine. It's no accident that the J10 resembles the F-16, because Israel apparently sold them technology for their Lavi jet fighter. Israel had abandoned the Lavi project, because of the high cost and availability of cheaper alternatives (buying F-16s and F-15s from the United States.) But the Lavi was meant to be a super F-16, and incorporated a lot of design ideas from the F-16 (which the Israelis were very familiar with, as they used them, and had developed new components for them.) The Chinese denied any Israeli contribution, but Russian engineers say that China had one of the Lavi prototypes. . Pakistan is believed to have provided the Chinese with one of their F-16s for examination. There does appear to be a lot of F-16 technology in the J-10.
Now we have J10 B I presume it's development took place for very long time than what we know. As Chinese faced lots of problems in performance. But now it's just an awesome fighter . Rest are all I may call it a failure . J11 don't have the range of Russian flankers . and J15 will be scraped very soon in the name of upgrading to 5th gen platform . As it's inability to take off from the deck with even marginal weapons was not possible . There has been lots of articles criticism from with in China itself.