The article still has outright falsehoods like expected from The Drive.
For example China started negotiating the purchase of the Su-27 with the Soviet Union in the late 1980s before the 1991 Gulf War. Not afterwards. The first deliveries were made before the Soviet collapse prior to the Gulf War.
For example China started negotiating the purchase of the Su-27 with the Soviet Union in the late 1980s before the 1991 Gulf War. Not afterwards. The first deliveries were made before the Soviet collapse prior to the Gulf War.