Technically M-346 and yak-130 is the same aircraft.
The doors have always been open if the money was there. and the M-346 will open possibilities including the Raven AESA and associated missiles such as the meteor.
and that will also depend on the YES of USA.
You think the Russians would have sold anything without the Chinese playing their part? (RD93's) The Experience of the Indians with their Russian aircraft should be a eye opener for you.....
And you know everything about Pakistan military. @MastanKhan
Ok Mr COAS of Pakistan military
That is if Russia will be willing to sell us weapons. Selling us engines is one thing, but selling us arsenal that could be used against our neighbors - I doubt it.
yes what will jl-10 get? no different to keeping existing ft-7ps.
yes, it was China which play role of middleman for RD93 engine..
While our Chinese weapons have been tested in active combat and so have western , the Russian systems have failed many time like panstirs in Syria etc ( I'm not counting the s400 or s300 failure against cruise missile strike because they are they're to defend Russians, not Syrians they weren't used ). Further more Russian maintenance is notoriously bad , however Russian does produce cheaper and good other systems like the Terminator , armata, Rantik systems ( though these can be made locally ) , optronics, atgms, Special purposes weaponry etc,. No point in buying a fighter fleet from them except and unless it's a very advanced vserison of a su35 in good price with permission for installing local components and weapons and a pre agreed spare parts delivery system and stocking, even then I'd prefer if uncle sam allowed new F16 as they would be cheaper to purchase as support system already present , plus link the purchases to more autonomy for our f16 ( like turkey which uses its own weapons on then) and new gen missiles like the 9x and 120D and you have a direct toe to toe competitor, perhaps even better than Rafael
Italian Jet will give us more advantage than others as @Keysersoze said make sense will open door for EU subsystems
You mean 26
