Blk-2 doesn't have aesa radar,helmet mounted display,extra hardpoints,less composites.Blk 3 will incorporate everything listed and etc,blk 3 will be equal in specs with F-16 Block 52s or even better.But blk 3 will be expensive.
Who hated this aircraft?This is the most sold aircraft sino pak aircraft.It has the least crash rate of most jet trainers.
In a nutshell it has been transformed from an intermediate trainer to and advanced trainer,thats it.
In an initial batch 4 Mi35,15 AH-1z are already ordered,T-129 and Z-10 are having a tug of war right now,Rumours of Mi-28N are also flying around,2 Z-10 was demonstrated in 23rd march 2016 Parade tho,this isn't the thread to discuss this matter.
a design of the 80's being suggested as 5th gen,when at that time 3rd gen was being manufactured,i don't think it was even as stealth as clean config euro fighter or Rafale are.
The article also suggest it wasn't an all out 5th gen more like what we already see on 4th gen "The MiG 1.44's lines...