Russia has a greater need for a revised air force when compared to China. Why do I say this? Russian defense forces substantially lack funding when compared to China. China has copycatted its way to improving and developing the airframe of the flanker. Comparing existing forces, Chinese Flankers are in much better condition than the existing stock of flankers that the Russian air force has, whether it is the 27,33, or the 35. The Russian air force however is following it's traditional mandate to develop fighter jets bread on the genes of power, where as the Chinese have taken a split approach, developing composites, advanced avionics, on par, if not more improved with China.
The nature of a copycat is that one day it's learned all that it has to learn from one person, and moves to the next. Even if the su-35 has improvements, it's clear that China is going in another direction. We Chinese are methodological, thoughtful and ingenious. We take what we want and we don't need to bother with the rest. It is this industrious nature that has led to the vast improvement of China over the past decade and a half.
I don't doubt that the revised FM1 is a great engine, at the same time I don't doubt that the WS-15 will be a great engine as well. I don't think that's the point.
Mig-29. Everything that you've mentioned on your posts, everything technical, i don't have a single doubt that you are incorrect. There is still a fundamental reality however, that China has moved beyond Russia as a technological reference, and it is now looking to copycat and duplicate US technology for military advancement.
Quite frankly, we've learned all we need to learn from you, to the point where we don't need anymore. Ever toss out a useless girlfriend?
