GeHAC
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1.the order of S400 and Su35s was not sure.Write this in your diary, and look back after few month or 1 year. You would see something like :
China ( marketing S300 alike ) ordered as many as S400 SAM from Russia
China ( claiming own AIP subs ) ordered 4 Amur class AIP sub from Russia
China ( claiming ready to mass produce J-31 ) ordered 48 gen 4 Su-35 from Russia
China ( claiming succeed with domestic jet engines ) has been ordering hundreds tp thousand of RD-93, AL-31, D30 engines from Russia, delivery partially until 2018,
And Mi-17 helicopters.
2.political deals(especially when Russians is at the frontline)
3.Amur project was a cooperative research(Russians have better submarine-use steel,Russians use Fuel Cell while we prefer Stirling Engine)
4.AL-31FN cep3 for J10B mass production.Newly prodeuced SAC flankers all fitted with WS-10A.137kn version of WS-10A has installed(proved in Zhuhai Airshow)
5.Current capacity can not satisfy the need of our Air force(We are now begin to retire Su-27SKs and still 800+ Fishbeds and Finbacks need to be replaced)Also structural problems,too many air superiority fighters in service.
PLA's scale is still big.Every year few battlions of new weapons may be impressive for an army like VPA.But for us,its just like a drop of water in the ocean,very true.