MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. Russia has sent the second batch of 10 Su-35 fighter jets (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) to China under a contract signed back in 2015, a source familiar with Russia’s military and technical cooperation with foreign states told TASS on Friday.
“Another batch of 10 aircraft has been sent to the customer. China will receive the remaining 10 aircraft in 2018,” the source said.
The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has declined to comment on the report.

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Earlier, a source close to military and technical cooperation told TASS that the first four fighter jets had been delivered in late 2016. In November 2016, Vladimir Drozhzhov, deputy director of the Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation, told TASS Russia had started fulfilling the first phase of its contract with China.

Russia and China clinched a deal for 24 Su-35 fighter jets to the tune of at least $2 bln in November 2015. The contract also covers the ground equipment and spare engines.
The Su-35 is a Russian-made multipurpose generation 4++ super-maneuverable fighter jet equipped with a phased array radar and steerable thrusters. It can develop a speed of up to 2,500 kilometers per hour and has a flying range of 3,400 kilometers and a combat radius close to 1,600 kilometers. The fighter jet is armed with a 30mm gun and has 12 hardpoints for carrying bombs and missiles.

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Economics isn’t Madrats thing..

German people remember why their country has always required innovation to survive as a nation

IMF said it estimated the German current account surplus — which measures the flow of goods, services and investments — to remain the world’s largest in 2017 at $285 billion, followed by China with roughly $190 billion and Japan with $170 billion.

Germany is a founding member of the EU, the G8 and the G20, and was the world’s largest exporter from 2003 to 2008. In 2011 it remained the third largest exporter and third largest importer. Most of the country’s exports are in engineering, especially machinery, automobiles, chemical goods and metals.

Germany is the most productive country in the world.

why are people so lazy as to not leave any description of the topic ? just a link ? don’t be lazy

Aurel

True. However I have my doubts this “project” will go anywhere. Soon enough our glorious leaders will realize that this will be pretty much a French aircraft with at best minor German contributions. But w/e.

Buying the bloody F-35 to gain operational experience with stealth and then an extensive Typhoon MLU

Europe is on a path to sovereignty and self leadership. Macron cannot stand Trump. The Trump election has finally woken Europe up. They just created a nato minus the USA.

Avoiding the F-35 has a lot to do with this. I think the 5th gen Euro fighter is a go.

@Ozair
That’s quite the serving of red herrings you came up with there. Pictures and everything. You proved my point. The Rafale program has ZERO overhead. So how in the living hell could it cost more than the F-35 ?

Again. If you think that the F-35 is easy to make and that the production will close the cost gap, then you are smoking something.

The good news is Canada already manufacture a large number of components for the F-35 and for the approx.

LOL This is exactly what killed the Raptor. Scattered production.

At the heart of the ongoing weapons acquisition problem, retired military leaders and defense experts say, is a failure by the Pentagon and Congress to acknowledge at the outset the true cost and technical difficulties of building complex systems like the F-22.

The military launches ambitious programs based on low-ball estimates by contractors, critics say. Eager to speed money to their home states, members of Congress allocate funding for these leading-edge defense programs, even before the technologies are developed and tested.
When predictable engineering problems cause costs to explode, Congress typically reacts by cutting the flow of money. Production is then curtailed and the Pentagon searches for a lower-cost weapon. The vicious cycle begins again.

“If everybody involved would be more realistic and didn’t lie about risk, technical difficulty and cost, we wouldn’t have these problems,” said Thomas P. Christie, a retired official who spent nearly 50 years working in Pentagon acquisitions. “We jump into these decisions, then get surprised about the outcome.”

^ It does not matter who’s bids said what.

An F-35 is never going to be cheaper than a Rafale.

Anything it better than the F-35.

This is smart for Canada. They get a good used replacement. And no. They won’t end up costing more than new. Nor are they obsolete.

Good thing is Mig is diversifying into civilian program in Military one they do not have any new product except for Mig-35/29K.

The demise of Mig seems to be a trendy topic lately. Anything that survived the 90’s or was worth reviving after the 90’s , is probably here to stay. There are 26 countries with Mig 29’s in service. Brand new replacement Mig 35’s would be perfect for these countries. They wont have to change a thing. Just plug and play.

It blows my mind that Sukhoi is not building a supersonic airliner. It would be the perfect niche market to keep them busy