Posted on 09/05/2014 9:31:13 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
After a satellite image revealed that Shenyang Aircraft Corporation has already produced eight J-16 multirole fighters, drawing complaints from the Russian aviation industry that its aircraft have been copied without permission, according to the Kanwa Defense Review published by Andrei Chang, a Canadian military analyst also known as Pinkov.
As the eight J-16 fighters in the image were all painted in yellow markings, the article said it remains unknown whether the aircraft will be turned over to the PLA Air Force or Navy. However, it is certain that J-16 multirole fighters will replace J-11B fighters designed for aerial combat.
China slowed down the production of fighters such as J-15, J-16 and J-11B because Russia refuses to sell more AL31F engines to Beijing, and this is the technology that China had been unable to reverse engineer. Without enough Russian-built engines, the PLA Air Force and Navy Air Force is unable to field such advanced fighters in large numbers. However, China has finally able to put its domestic Taihang engines into J-16 fighters since 2013. The reliablility of the Taihang engine will be put to the ultimate test after the J-16 enters service.
Kanwa Defense Review also said reports that the J-16 is equipped with active electronically scanned array radar remain questionable. At the same time, a source from the Russian aviation industry said Russia is very unhappy about the development of the J-16 fighter as China did not gain permission from Russia to design the fighter based on the blueprint of the Russian Su-30MK2.
Russia finally noticed that China copied their designs?
Lol.
So the pot is suddenly worried about the coloration of the kettle?
Just wait until we start building their rocket motors.
Russia and China have been stealing from the west forever and they complain when one copies from the other?
They used a giant 3D printer.
Why, that bird is Afrika Korp mustard yellow. But I guess they are called the Peoples Liberation Army Navy.
Who finds this surprising, aside from the Russians?
I remember reading a book about the GRU written by a former Russian spy back in the ‘80’s and he made an excellent point about why they steal so many technological secrets from other nations - they don’t have to spend the billions to develop it, conduct all the experiments, and pour any if their own effort into it. It’s simply easier to steal the technology than to develop it yourself...
they could not steal something like this:
bump
If a Western photographer had taken a picture of a yellow Chinese plane it would have been considered racist.
Wait until the Chinese use these in the invasion of Siberia. Then the Russians are going to be real unhappy
Even better!
What goes around comes around.
How about that!
Do the Russians remember the "Tupolev Tu-4"? A line-for-line, rivet by rivet copy of our interned B-29s by our supposed "allies". That was certainly their own design, wasn't it?
What goes around, comes around, baby.
The Soviets made an exact copy of our Titan II ICBM. Intel verified they actually used copies of our Air Force Technical Orders and SAC-Civil Engineering Manuals to run their system.
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