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I think unless your requirement exceeds 150 aircrafts the assembly will not be a viable option financially. The other question is the technical capability at hand to assemble the J10C and the Chinese willingness to let you do so.
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India cancelled and dabbled with Rafale for like a decade ONLY to force the French to allow them to license build it locally to standardize it and make AMCA their stealth platform. The French didn't budge. J-10 is our Rafale so we need to standardize it.
The Chinese would love to sell us the manufacturing line if we pay for it. It's a win-win for them. They've already made use of the current production line by producing over 500 J-10's. They are now phasing out future development of the J-10 platform, selling it's manufacturing line to a third tier aircraft manufacturer to essentially use it for maintenance / upgrades / rebuild, etc. J-10 now has a limited role in the Chinese military.
So it's very feasible for us to acquire the assembly line for less or more of the same amount we'd be building a "rebuild" factory 10 years from now. If we don't standardize the J-10 platform thinking long term now, we'd be forced to procure it like the Mirages!
We are an official partner in the TFX now, plus KizilElma and Akinci are coming too. We just need a J-10C like advanced workhorse beyond the JFT and we are covered for the next 30 years.