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Martin Matishak, Business Insider/The Fiscal Times: Everyone's trying to score one of Russia's new warplanes
The jet fighter war between the United States, China and Russia expanded this week when Moscow unveiled a new, export version of its Sukhoi-30 warplane.
"The Su-30SME aircraft (the export version of the Su-30SM fighter jet) has been shown on the international market for the first time," a source in the defense and industrial sector told TASS, Russia’s state-owned news agency.
The new aircraft will be equipped with Russian-made avionics unlike previous versions that contained French components.
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WNU Editor: But the plane that everyone is looking at is the SU-35 .... Russia to supply first four Su-35 fighters to China in 2016 (UPI), even though there are concerns on its 5th generation capabilities .... Singapore Airshow 2016: Analysis - PAK-FA's Asian export hopes stymied by lack of 'fifth-generation' qualities (IHS Jane's 360).
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Lol, I see a J-18 in China's future that looks mysteriously similar to the SU-35...
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