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The Diplomat: Russia Completes Delivery of 24 Su-35 Fighter Jets to China
China is the first foreign buyer of the Russian-made Su-35 fighter jet.
Russia has completed the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Su-35S (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) multirole fighter aircraft destined for service in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told local media on April 16.
“In compliance with the contract, all the Su-35 planes have been delivered to the foreign customer,” FSVTS was quoted as saying by TASS news agency. A FSVTS official also confirmed the delivery of the fighter aircraft to China in a statement to IHS Jane’s on April 16. The official did not reveal when the last batch of aircraft was delivered.
In August 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) stated that all Su-35 aircraft would be delivered by year’s end. A first batch of four Su-35 fighter jets arrived at a flight training center of the PLAAF in Cangzhou City in Hebei province in northern China in December 2016. A second batch of 10 Su-35 fighter jets was delivered in December 2017.
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Update: Russia Completes Delivery of Su-35 Fighter Jets to China for $2.5Bln (Moscow Times)
WNU Editor: The Chinese are now looking at this fighter .... China mulls to buy Russia's Su-57 stealth fighter jet (Economic Times).
1 comment:
SU-35 is basically an upgraded SU-27 which was first in service in the 1980's. Compare it to a F-22 or F-35 and the later will get off the first shot long before a merge. The upgraded F-18's and proposed upgraded F-15's are probably quite comparable to the SU-35. In Red Flag exercises the F-18's and F-15's lose badly to the F-22's and F-35's.
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