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Argentina is understandable due to needing to go with a begging bowl to the IMF.
You get IMF money, you play by the US rules. No other way around it
Looks like Osama Bin Laden got his wish after all.
So first FC-31, C919
add HQ-9, HQ HQ-16 as well?
Russian blunders during the Ukraine War has made some members of the US gov feel invincible. In effect, they drank their own koolaid and think that they can tick people off with no repercussions.
I think there is an agreement floating around between China and Russia that prohibits China from its exporting flankers because of prior tech transfers. In any case J-16 is easily the most advanced flanker variant in the world and is too high tech for China to export. They would have to specifically create a gimped version of it for export.
China purchased SU-27 produce in mainland as J-11 under license agreement with Russia and made promise, they will never sale this aircraft to any foreign customer. that's it
J-16 and J-15 these two flankers have nothing to do with Russian permission. China derived J-16 from J-11.
but yeah agreed with your second point. but China can sale J-16 with inferior avionics. another point, prize is too damn high for China to ignore. Saudi in China's camp is a huge victory.
Why would they even go for a 4th gen aircraft? They already got loads of them.
Saudi Arabia has the money and I am sure it is willing to splash all that for a 5th gen aircraft with possibly domestic production/assembly/ limited ToT/becoming a regional hub
8D chess for the glory of Akhand Bharat.
The Saudis do not need America, they will buy that stuff from India for example, as well as other countries.
They might not even need the petro-dollar too.
I think they should just keep quiet.
