Russian fighter jet "no option for China" - Wendell Minnick

Wendell Minnick

The Russian fighter jet MiG-29k is "no option" for China's former Soviet-built carrier Varyag, told a Russian defense official at the 2011 Aero India air show in Bangalore, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News.

"This is not an option for China's aircraft carrier program," the Russian defense industry official said, citing unresolved differences with China over intellectual property in the Su-27/J-11B fighter scandal.
In 2009, Russian officials accused China of stealing the blueprints for the Su-27 to produce an indigenous variant, the J-11B. There also have been allegations that the design for China's new L-15 advanced trainer jet was copied directly from Russia's Yak-130.
"The Chinese are going with an indigenous option for their carrier aircraft, most likely a modified variant of the Su-33," the industry official said.

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Russia tries to stop China's fighter jets - Wendell Minnick

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China's military industry is pushing its fighter jet JF-17/FC-1 on a global market, and apparently so successful its Russian competitor is trying to block it, writes Wendell Minnick this week in Defense News.The director general Pogosyanof the Russian Aircraft Corp. (RAC) MiG has been trying to stop delivering flight engines to his Chinese competitor.

"I am not against the export of separate technologies, but it should be agreed with those who make final products that such export would not harm them," Pogosyan told the Russian business daily newspaper Kommersant on July 6.

Pogosyan fears the single-engine JF-17, which costs up to $20 million per copy, could undercut sales of the $30 million, twin-engine MiG-29 Fulcrum...

China plans to show two JF-17s at the Farnborough International Airshow later this month - the planes' debut at international defense exhibitions - in hopes of drumming up export sales.

More details at Defense News.

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