At least better than Koreans, who laughably claim that they have a leading aerospace industry yet can only manage to produce 40% of F-16 copies and a low tech trainer aircraft! Being even able to copy Su-30 makes SAC 2.5 times as good as the best aerospace corporations in Korea.
Don't compare with Koreans, who are Mr. Nobody in the field, and in most fields.
Go compare with USA.
Plus, Korea doesn't have world's 2nd or 3rd largest (similar to Russia's , after the US) wind turnnel;
Korea doesn't have world's fastest supercomputer;
Korea doesn't have world's largest concentration of high IQ pool;
Korea doesn't have world's largest overseas Docs & post Docs # in Science, Maths & Engineering;
Koeans don't usually get world's top prizes in Science, Maths or Engineering competitions;
Korea doesn't have world's largest stock pile of foreign reserves;
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With those, how hard it would be to have a decent indigenous design other than another Su copy ???!!!
Yeah I know that it's not a copy but an improved version, but still.
Gosh, if Ruskies, or Koreans, got all of above as China does, they would have probably test flied Su-300 by now!
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There's something very wrong with this SAC thing, don't you agree ?
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I dunno which Province is within top 5, or top 8, achievers of China's national unversity entrance exam,
but just disband SAC and reward the project to anyone of those 5. It would definitely do a much better job.
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