The only reason why India popped up in this conversation of obsession and “Russian and Chinese” aircraft is because someone insisted on interjecting India into the thread by virtue of being a “peer competitor.”
India and China are peers in absolutely NOTHING (beyond population size.) They don’t trade much, their geopolitical interests are in entirely different parts of the world. And their products almost never compete and they most certainly DO NOT in the aviation world.
The FC-1 is not being sold in competition to anything from India. Neither was the J-7 before it. When a K-8 or Y-7 or Y-8 or Y-12 is sold today, it doesn’t compete against anything Indian. When the J-10 is thrown up for sale very shortly, it won’t either.
As far as Pakistan is concerned, it is, first and foremost, a bulwark and ally against the Soviet Union/Russia, not India. But beyond being an ally during the Cold War and beyond, it is considered a friend that transcends geo-politics.
If “India and China are peers in absolutely NOTHING (beyond population size.) ” was the case , then how and why did you interpret Groo’s “peer competitor.” to mean China :rolleyes:
And as far as Pakistan is concerned , please do continue to use them as a bulwark against Russia but if you have’nt noticed ,the weapons that China sells them end up facing India.So even if the j-10 ,FC-1 doesn’t compete in the market ,it does compete in the air. :rolleyes:
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