JH-7A Fighter Bomber, China

[fatman17]

Haider the Russians are developing twin engine aircraft (derivatives of the su-47 and the mig 1.44), as are the Chinese by all reports (J-13 and J-14), the Euro fighter is twin engined as is the Shornet. the Korean 5th gen plane is going to be twin engined As is the Japanese aircraft. And if you go through most of the successful aircraft of the history of flight you will find that they have something in common........two engines.........To suggest that it is a "fashion" statement is somewhat ludicrous.

Su-30
MIG-29
F-14
F-15
F-18
RAFALE
J-11

Using the exmple of F-16's in combat does not work either, as I could trundle out the F-14's and the F-15's record as well as the Hornets in various wars.

keys-dont u think success and performance of a fighter (single or twin) depends when it was inducted and the opportunities provided to it by the geo-strategic conditions. eg: F-104 built in large numbers but never used in combat except ofcourse by the PAF. did u know that designers had decided to do away with the cannon / guns installed in fighters because they felt AAMs use will make the guns obsolete, then came the 65,67,71 wars (pak/india, isreali/arab) and the usefulness of the guns put paid to that theory.