Akasa
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Su35 with 117S vector jet engines be good at dogfight, the Paris Air Show prove it. About India Su30mki crash, most assembled by their HAL killing factory not Russian fault. Our WS-15 doesn't out yet ... BTW who tell u J-16 is a air-superiority fighter & better than Su35 ? As far as i knew J-16 designed for multi-role mission like F-15C "bomb truck".
Don't be so rash as to jump to conclusions. The capabilities of an aircraft and its potential to succeed in a certain geopolitical environment entail far more than merely its ability to dogfight, which itself hinges on multiple variables not limited to thrust vectoring.
Moreover, the F-15C isn't a bomb truck; it is designed solely to take down enemy air assets, and hence the phrase "not a pound of air to ground" that's commonly associated with it.
OKay. Whatever u like or dislike Sino-Russia will sign Su35 deal in this ZhuHai Air Show, China will buy some Su35 fighters and 117S jet engines from Russia.
Are you the leader of China's procurement team, or is this some wishful thinking on your part?
And compared with 4-gen F-22, J-20, T-50 etc, 3.5-gen Su35 cheaper ... u can't pay for all 4-gen fighters to replace large 3-gen fighter numbers, so we need Su35.
Are the Chinese to assume that purchasing from Sukhoi is the only option to compensate for the high price of 5th generation fighters?