This was one of the core issues of Imran Khan's ouster by the Biedin regime, other than a tough stance on Kashmir with India...
Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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This was one of the core issues of Imran Khan's ouster by the Biedin regime, other than a tough stance on Kashmir with India...
yeah right.
China is just so dumb to get used like this again.
Like the Turkey's HQ-9 deal was not bad enough.
Saudi Arabia is not a NATO member.yeah right.
China is just so dumb to get used like this again.
Like the Turkey's HQ-9 deal was not bad enough.
yeah right.
China is just so dumb to get used like this again.
Like the Turkey's HQ-9 deal was not bad enough.
Alternately, it may be simply China throwing a monkey wrench into the already frail US-ME relationship, even if it is just temporary. Just another strategic geopolitical move by China with full knowledge it will not result in any eventual sales.
May I ask why not?
Theoretically, is it feasible for the FC-31 to be redesigned to accept a single WS-15 as its engine?
It just dawned on me that if the J-35 becomes the future "lo" platform (vs J-20 as the hi platform), then the PLA would be at a cost disadvantage compared to the US with a single engined F35
Is it possible that J-35 (with 2 WS-19 engines) is only produced for the navy, and we see a J-36 redesigned to single engine for the air force?
It just dawned on me that if the J-35 becomes the future "lo" platform (vs J-20 as the hi platform), then the PLA would be at a cost disadvantage compared to the US with a single engined F35
Is it possible that J-35 (with 2 WS-19 engines) is only produced for the navy, and we see a J-36 redesigned to single engine for the air force?
It would just be a different aircraft.
In geostrategic games, everyone is being used and everyone is willing to be used in return to use others. It is a bargain. There is no place for feeling of being hurt in the games. Turkey used China to squeeze US. China used Turkey to increase the tension between US and Turkey. Russia did the same. Now China is trying to widen the gap between US and SA while SA uses China to squeeze the US for better terms. Even if the FC-31 deal never materialize, the demage is done to the US-SA relationship. That strategic demage may be more desirable than selling some weapons.yeah right.
China is just so dumb to get used like this again.
Like the Turkey's HQ-9 deal was not bad enough.
Remember why the US got so anxious of China's activities in Africa and Latin America etc.? Because China provides an alternative that was not there before. Even if some of China's activities aren't very successful, the fact that there is an alternative alone is enough to shake the fundation of US dominated world order. Money isn't everything, often not even the most important thing.
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Before looking at cost advantages and disadvantages from the standpoint of engine count, we should probably consider cost comparisons for the whole plane. A plane’s cost is not just in its engines, and production cost and pricing may not be comparable between an F-35 and a J-35 on any number of components and systems regardless their comparable abilities. Also, while not a 1 to 1 scaling, one heavyweight engine will cost more than one midsized engine, so the increased cost for two midsized engines is not double that of one heavyweight engine, all else held equal. Either way, we don’t know what the J-35’s ultimate price per plane will look like, or what the F-35’s will look like by the time an export version of the J-35 is available on the global market, if it becomes available. All we know tentatively is that the J-35 is supposed to have been designed to be very cheap and quick to produce.
Brazil could easily buy western aircrafts like Typhoon, Rafael, Grippen or F-16, F-35, so they won't be eager for a chinese fighter aircraft.
I think we should replace Brazil with Argentina in this list. They have more reasons to buy J-31/35 if their defence budget permits.
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