China's Air Force May Soon Get More Russian Su-35 Fighters
Beijing is happy with the speed and quality of first Su-35 delivery, but makes local production prerequisite of more orders
Multiple
sources within Russia and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force
suggest that Beijing and Moscow may have struck a preliminary deal for
procurement by the PLAAF of more of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighters.
Hong
Kong-based military monthly Kanwa Defense Review reported in February
that the second batch of the highly maneuverable aircraft with
thrust-vectoring engines had already descended on PLA airbases in
southern China.
Among
those tipped as the likely locations to service and hangar the
multi-role air-superiority fighters is the Suixi airbase in southern
China’s Guangdong province, which is under the PLA’s Southern Theater
Command.
Several
Su-35s joined the PLA’s recent circumnavigations of Taiwan and air
patrols above the South China Sea, along with Su-30s, H-6K bombers and
jammer aircraft.
Source: Yahoo
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