How about making JF- super thunders with twin engines ,more stealth , with more range & pay load ?
As India has long
Russia will be very unhappy about it, I don't give it a shit. None of J16 parts from fuselage to avionics,EW,engine,weapons has to do with Russian. We totally own the technology! if Pakistan need, we sell that's easy. Ee are India who is always tied down by strings cause they can't develop,we are China.
Except for the similarity in fuselage, nothing inside of it are same with SU30.
China leaders shall have balls to sell PAF better platform if they need, Indians is there to provocate along the border. If we keep let them do so without punishment, they will move more aggressively. The best way to deal with it is a slap right on the face, tell them to get back. Mark the 1962 experience. Both Pakistanis and Chinese know the way Indians doing things.
& with growing Russian role in regional politics , I think Mr , Putin would be more willing to keep his eyes shut & smile the other way , he is a wise leader , a new shining star , who understands the value , of Pakistan +China standing behind him in case of middle east mess created by uncle sam & uncle tom ?
I think , we as friends needs to understand our regional positions also , & we also needs to deney all of ,political & economical roles to west America in general ?
Russia is not what , it was with India before , & they knew well they been set up by USA through India , by investing into advance weaponary , just to get all of knowledge about its advance systems ?
Just think about it , if India can give free access to , CIA for its nuclear facilities then it means nothing been hidden from them ?
Russians selling any thing to India would be blue printed & copied by Pentagon later ?
For Russians its better to deal with USA directly , then giving any of their advance super weapons to India ?
& I think they knew it , &, they are playing cat & mouse with it ?
Supplying RD -93 to Pakistan was a well planned move , which has brought Russia & Pakistan closser ever then before & it happened because of China ,s great diplomacy to bring both on the the table , we are really thank full to China about it ?
With China placing more of SU-35 orders , I'm sure there wouldn't be much problems in case of J-16s yo PAF ?