Chinese exports, part II

In a world dominated by US, Russian and European military aircraft, China is the only major non-Western (Russia being an European nation first and foremost) supplier of aircraft.

It supplies the Developing world and especially South Asia where it is accepted as the leading political and military entity in the region.

Beginning with F-6 aircraft sold to Pakistan in the 1960s, Chinese aircraft has been exported to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and soon Nepal (which was in talks for the Z-9 helicopter.)

40 years later, the Chinese aircraft, including the venerable F-7, are still a major part of the region’s air forces.

Part I: (lots of pictures)
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53614

Latest news:

Bangladesh to buy fighter jets from China

ISN SECURITY WATCH (Friday, 24 February: 13.55 CET) – Bangladesh has signed a US$93.6 million deal with China to procure 16 fighter jets in a bid to modernize the country’s air force, news agencies reported.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nazrul Islam, spokesman for Bangladesh’s armed forces, told reporters on Thursday that the air force would acquire 16 F-7 fighter jets from China.

Bangladesh purchases much of its military hardware from China.

Bangladesh’s air force has 65 fighter planes and 39 helicopters, mostly Soviet-era.

The two countries signed the agreement last year, along with a series of cooperation agreements in the areas of development, trade, economics, and defense.

China is also Bangladesh’s biggest source of imported goods.