I think these so called stoppage of re-export by Russia will not have any effect.
Initial testing will be done by Russian engines including for Pak aircrafts and they will not be called sale (perhaps called demo or test aircraft on lease), say till 2007-8
Subsequent / First batch will be so called Chinese engines but actually russians engines, say till 2008-10
Then after some Indian heart burn it may be Chinese engines with lot of ‘Russian components, say 2010-12
By the time so called Russian clamp on engine re-export will take place, Chinese engines would be well in place 2012-14
SO at maximum we are looking at 1-2 year delay in schedule for aircraft being operational at squad level in Pakistan.
I think the same story will be repeated for J-10
Yeah rite…Since russia won’t overhaul these engines and chinese capabilities are limited, PAF would have to be absolutely bonkers to go in for a RD-33 equipped aircraft. More likely china will bitch and whine and finally whenever it gets its ws-13 or whatever in a decent shape supply it to pakistan.
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