[updated:LAST EDITED ON 13-11-02 AT 03:20 AM (GMT)]Here it is, more or less the final version, as of 2002. It is much longer than 0.9, and has much more information this time. The essay is now so long that I divided it in parts.
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The author does not work with any intelligence agency or think tank, or presume to have any inside information on the PLA, Sukhoi or the Chinese government. All information on this piece was formed from data available in the public and in the Internet through news reports and forum discussion, and whatever was unavailable was speculated based on the most logical and sensible alternatives. Any data here will be subjected to updates and correction in light of further revelation and new information.
The Author is thankful for public information available at Jane’s, Kanwa’s, Armstrade, Interfax, JEDonline, RAND, the Jamestown Foundation, Hui Tong’s Chinese Military Aviation website, Aerotech/Overscan’s Russian Avionics website, discussions in the CMF, CDF, ACIG, and AFM forums, and finally, not the least, from various Russian and Chinese military enthusiast websites.
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November 13, 2002 at 2:47 am