Any indication PAF’s acquisition of the J-10 (and satisfaction with the WS-10 engine) and its display at Zhuhai and Ideas-2022 has drawn serious attention from GCC countries? Only last year the UAE indicated it may want to join the Su-75 project, and provide funding for its development. A J-10 that is custom build for these countries may employ all the latest export approved technologies and earn the Chinese industry not only a healthy profit but funding for further development of the design, akin to the Rafales or Eurofighters.
The acquisition of a Chinese platform and the weapons eco-system would be a political and strategic game changer, so they may be reluctant to make that move. But on the other hand, The threat of the Saudis being cutoff from arm supplies by some of their current suppliers may have changed the dynamic.