ChineseTiger1986
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Several things do not make sense.
Why develop the J-11D first and then buy the Su-35 later?
Why upgrade the Su-30MK2 to a PL-12 standard if Russian radar/avionics and weapons are so good? I'm sure Russia would love to sell more R-77s.
The J-20 does not require the 117S. These mysterious black engines were unveiled a week before Xi Jinping visited Washington in September this year, obviously as a form of muscle flexing in front of Obama. They are clearly not AL-31FN.
AL-31FN looks like this. I'm sure we've all seen enough J-10 pictures to know what the AL-31FN looks like by now.
The only explanation that would make sense is that China wants to buy 24 Su-35s to form an aggressor squadron. What's the point of buying a foreign fighter that can't even datalink with Chinese AEW&C aircraft?
The J-11D is also using the WS-10B engine.