Vietnam will want something affordable with excellent short field capability. Gripen is a no brainer. Plus Sweden is less susceptible to economic pressure from the PRC than other vendors. They will probably buy something high profile from the U.S. just to make a political statement.

Alexander Korolev wrote this impressive piece debunking the myths that Russo-Chinese alliance is not feasible.

http://www.theasanforum.org/the-strategic-alignment-between-russia-and-china-myths-and-reality/

I should say, 0.1 is Super Hornet+stealth pod territory.

Not sure what hidden offensive capability you’re referring to. It’s fair to say J-20 is not designed to be the most agile knife fighter technology permits (easier ways to point a missile than point the whole plane), but I wouldn’t place too much stock on analysis based on prototype photos. A ” few years ago” people erroneously thought it was as big as a F-111, turns out it’s a bit smaller than a Flanker with main bay similar in size to the F-22.

This isn’t the 1970s, where air superiority fighters and interceptors were entirely different concepts. We live in an age where almost all kills are BVR and the last gun kill happened almost 30 years ago. The J-20 is specified as a “super maneuverable” fighter so it can take care of business if it has to, but more importantly it has superior range than American 5th gen fighters so it can push back the tankers they need to reach China. The Raptor was designed for the more geographically compact European theater and a time when they were hedging their bets between BVR and WVR.

The Israelis and the Jordanians would probably use aid too

Pakistan is already getting more aid than Congress is willing to give. Just look how long it took to authorize the AH-1Z, and Pakistan will probably want those delivered before even thinking about the A-10.

Israel neither want nor need the A-10.

Now that Putin and Xi Jinping are bros maybe Russia will join the J-31 project. Should be a global best seller with this tie up. Plus Shenyang has a long standing working relationship with the Russians.