China plans newest fighters export to Azerbaijan

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ China is now able to produce its analogue of the Su-27/30 and MiG -29. The country has three new aircrafts of its own: the J-10, J-11 and the FC-1. In near future China plans to sell about 1200 fighters’ modifications, izvestia.ru reported.

In the early 1990s, the Chinese aerospace industry seemed stalled. Efforts to design and build their own fighters had produced little success, which culminated in the Chinese decision to purchase Sukhoi Su-27SK and Su-30MKK fighters, plus a license to assemble the Su-27s at Shenyang under their Chinese designator, J-11, which turned out to be a qualitative leap for China’s airway industry and Armed Forces.

Clearly, within the next decade Chinese industry will be building products competitive with the rest of the world and will be a player on the fighter aircraft export market.

Today, Beijing plans to supply aircrafts to Azerbaijan, as well as establish series manufacturing in Pakistan. Bangladesh, Myanmar, Lebanon, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Algeria have already shown interest to China-manufactures aircrafts. According to China and Pakistan-given appraisal, the number of fighters to be exported may reach 800.