Shotgunner51
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Perhaps the C variant sounds like a "progression" from B, that's not the case.Sir, I Thought that WS-10A & WS10B are applied for twin engine aircraft. and WS10C was thoroughly matured to Single engine aircraft operations. which requires certain different configuration and stringent parameters.
PLAAF has been very careful with the AL-31 replacement program: WS-10 baseline and A variants are used on Flankers only, and wait until its progression aka B variant became reliable enough to be used on both Flankers and J-10's. For these two jet series, B is the matured version. The C for J-20 is more like a stop gap move until WS-15 comes online in the future, it's a B modified to be compatible with J-20.
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