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Thx for your info
By that perception we can not even get j10 also
No, as explained the J-10 - even if there is surely a "connection" between both - is a substantially different bird. It is larger, uses a very much different engine and so on, as such it can be probably described as the Lavi's larger, bigger brother or it evolved by retaining a similar configuration to something comparable from the original YF-17 demonstrator to a recent F/A-18E Super Hornet; surely not a copy.
For the Chinese Flankers the situation is besides all changes and updates still a Flanker and that is simply undeniable and even more since there was never a licence concerning the twin-seater, the MKK and the J-15 I can fully understand that some rate the J-11BS, J-16 and J-15 "illegal" closes, copies or whatever.
In the end this discussion is more on semantics and I'm by now already convinced that the Russians accepted this more or less since they were paid for and got probably other compensations. However a sale to any other country - and be it Pakistan will not matter - would be a strict break of that clause and I'm sure the Russians would then react !
As such from all I know, the chances to get a J-16 are plain ZERO ... maybe if Pakistan will find anyone who pays for them, they can get a customised Russian-Flanker, but surely not a Chinese one.
Deino