J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread

tamsen_ikard

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yankeesama:
J35AE has already made its maiden flight.
The first customer is not pak.
I simply dont foresee anyone buying the J-35 anytime soon. No one who has enough budget and GDP to buy such a platform has the close military relationship with China other than Pakistan. And Pakistan also will not buy J-35 so soon when they barely have enough J-10s.

US will be furious against anyone who will buy the J-35 so US allies like the Gulf will certainly not buy it. Turkey does need stealth fighters after not getting F-35 but they have KAAN and will likely not buy J-35.

ASEAN countries will maintain neutrality and not buy any fighter jet from China. There is simply no one else who has the ability and the will to buy J-35.
 

ansy1968

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My bet is on UAE. ;)

The US suspended the sale of F-35s to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a Gulf nation, after a deal to purchase 50 F-35A fighter jets was agreed upon following the normalization of relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. The US also placed conditions on the sale that the UAE refused to meet, including ending cooperation with Huawei and limiting access to Israeli pilots.


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Sep 14, 2024 — The United Arab Emirates does not expect to resume talks with the US about a multi-billion dollar deal for F-35 warplanes, irrespective of who is elected to ...
 

phrozenflame

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AE usually is shorthand for UAE. Now I have no idea where 'AE' in J-35 designations came from, but thought id just point this out.
 

Blitzo

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AE usually is shorthand for UAE. Now I have no idea where 'AE' in J-35 designations came from, but thought id just point this out.

I have assumed that "AE" is just a logical assumption for what the name of the "export" version of "J-35A" would be.

J-35A = land based PLAAF variant
J-35A"E" = export version of above

(in the same way J-10CE is an export version of the J-10C)
 

00CuriousObserver

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chahuahui

20250513 独家特辑:印巴空战,印度买什么飞机才能“逆天改命”?

Can you give a timestamp?

I’ve always wondered if the paid shows are actually worth it since they don’t really divulge more close sourced info in those compared with regular programming.

Well, 10 yuan is very cheap by Western standards. Overall, the episodes are a bit higher in quality, though some are better than others. The recent one on PLAN development was particularly good.
 
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