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AeroEngineer said:

According to the latest rumor.

"USA is willing to sell B-2's design blue prints to China in order to reduce its national debt !!"

Do you guys believe this?

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jobjed said:

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, who allegedly talked to a lot of in-the-know people and gathered a bunch of news.

1. Su-35s will be arriving in China soon.

2. Russians were uncharacteristically cooperative, opening up the Su-35's FCS port. Presumably this would allow the PLAAF to easily integrate Chinese ordnance with the Su-35.

3. The PLAAF is interested in the Su-34.

4. Russia has developed an Su-34 variant, called Su-34MK, for China. They hope China will sign the contract during the reception ceremony of the first four Su-35s.

5. Russia has proposed multiple configurations of the Su-34MK, some of which include AL-41F or high-thrust variants of the AL-31F. The Su-34MK, if materialised, has double the range of Su-30MKKs and rivals the Badgers in that regard.

6. Russia wishes for China to share composite material technology and China wishes for Russia to share "一体锻造". Could someone, @vincent maybe, translate the last bit? It has multiple interpretations and I'm not sure which one fits this context most appropriately.

7. Russia has recently become much more willing to export advanced hardware, perhaps a desire to offset the impacts of sanctions and rock bottom oil prices. Even sale of Tu-160 is negotiable. However, China is not very interested in solely importing systems, she prefers "technological cooperation" endeavours.

8. Negotiations for the Backfires had indeed occurred. However, due to its technological obsolescence, China called off negotiations.

If these allegations are true, I think we should definitely re-evaluate the recent and near-future Sino-Russo military relationship. Even with sanctions and low oil price, I don't think anyone expects Russia to be so open with military engagement. This increase in openness could explain why China decided to purchase Su-35s all of a sudden, despite not showing interest for close to a decade. Of course, all this is conditional upon the Su-35 purchase and above points' actually being true.

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jobjed said:

3. The PLAAF is interested in the Su-34.

4. Russia has developed an Su-34 variant, called Su-34MK, for China. They hope China will sign the contract during the reception ceremony of the first four Su-35s.

5. Russia has proposed multiple configurations of the Su-34MK, some of which include AL-41F or high-thrust variants of the AL-31F. The Su-34MK, if materialised, has double the range of Su-30MKKs and rivals the Badgers in that regard.

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jobjed said:

Weibo users are paying some attention to the rumours. Not sure what to make of it. Incorporating LEVCONs on the Su-34 seems like a very significant modification to the airframe; I have doubts about the cost-benefit calculus of such a project. Nonetheless, food for thought.

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Hendrik_2000 said:

YJ 91 or YJ 12 I presumed 400 Km and 205 kg warhead explosive . One scary missile
Well, the photo shows it hit radar so it should be YJ91 and of shorter range 125Km?
or both have 400 Km range any expert out there?

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