The RT news story was deemed wrong eons ago. Some dumbass reporter from Russia Today took RIA Novosti's(state owned news service and also a media output for Russian Defence Establishment) news story and added some masala to the news to make it more sensational. You can read from the RT article how unprofessional the article is, as it is saying, JFT is a copy/imitation of the MIG-29. Yellow Journalism at its best. Mikhail Pogosyan said never such a thing.
The Original Article from Ria Novosti Published around 3 hours before the RT took hold of it and butchered it.
Russian combat aircraft makers fear competition with China
Russian combat aircraft makers fear competition with China | Defense | RIA Novosti
20:07 05/07/2010
Russian aircraft makers MiG and Sukhoi have spoken against the sale of RD-93 jet engines to China citing the threat of strong competition from cheaper Chinese models of fighter aircraft.
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport planned to sign a contract with China on the delivery of 100 RD-93 engines for FC-1 fighters, which are direct competitors of the famed MiG-29 Fulcrum aircraft.
Mikhail Pogosyan, the head of the MiG and Sukhoi corporations, said the re-export of technologies must be approved by the original manufacturers to avoid unfair competition.
The FC-1 Xiaolong (Fierce Dragon) is a single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft developed jointly by China and Pakistan. It is designated as JF-17 Thunder by Pakistan.
A Russian aircraft industry source said the FC-1 is inferior to MiG-29 in performance, but sells for about $10 million, while the price of a MiG-29 is about $35 mln.
MiG-29s are currently competing with FC-1s in an Egyptian tender on the delivery of 32 fighters. In addition, Egypt has launched negotiations with Pakistan on the licensed production of FC-1 aircraft.
Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) approved the re-export of RD-93 engines to Egypt as part of the FC-1 fighter package in November 2007.
Rosoboronexport has said a decision to allow the re-export of technology could be made only by the government, and the manufacturers have never been consulted on the issue.
Russian weapons manufacturers are also facing increasing competition from China on other arms markets.
Russian S-300 and Chinese HQ-9 air defense systems have been competing in a Turkish tender since 2007.
Russian and Chinese armored personnel carriers competed in an Indonesian tender in 2007.
In 2009, Myanmar chose Russian Mig-29s over Chinese J-10s and FC-1s.
Russia has also accused China of producing its own copycat versions of some Russian-made weaponry, including the Su-27SK fighter jet, in violation of intellectual property agreements.
MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti)
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Same news with some Masala from RT(Russia Today).
Inconsistencies, & Lies are Highlighted in Bold:
Made-in-China airplanes may undermine sales of Russian high quality jets
Made-in-China airplanes may undermine sales of Russian high quality jets
Published: 05 July, 2010,
22:52
Russian and Chinese weapons manufacturers are clashing head on within the international arms market as China’s new fighter jet
seems to be a cheaper imitation of the Russian original.
The argument is threatening to put on hold a multi-billion-dollar engines sale contract between the countries concerning the delivery of some hundreds Russian-made RD-93 engines needed for Chinese-Pakistani fighter jets called the FC-1.
The deal is facing opposition from Russian aircraft manufacturers, such as Mikhail Pogosyan, the head of the MiG and Sukhoi aviation holding,
who said that the FC-1 is extremely close, if not the same, as the Russian-made MiG-29. Pogosyan claimed that FC-1 is a direct competitor to Russia's MiG-29 and the deal would incur losses for the Russian manufacturers.
A source quoted by the Kommersant newspaper said there are significant price differences keeping the US$10-million Chinese jets much cheaper than a $35-million Russian MiG-29.
Also, representatives from Russian Defense Export said that there was nothing wrong with re-exporting, which is in accordance with the decision of the Russian government. They added that there is no law that says there should be any agreement with Russian manufacturers citing the example of RD-33
that was re-exported to Egypt and was given permission by the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation in 2007.
These engines are sold to Bangladesh, Algeria and Saudi Arabia.
Ruslan Pukhov, the member of the Defense Ministry Public Council, disagrees with the officials.
“If we follow this line of thinking, it will be very difficult to explain to a country like China that, after all these years of re-exporting, Russian-made engines are all of a sudden going to stop and make it a little bit more difficult,” Pukhov told RT.
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It's no Wonder only RT(Russia Today) has this half-truth news story. Stupid Journalists.
