The deal to sell Su-35 fighters to China in 2015 is the main mistake of Russian aircraft construction. Chris Osborne made this statement in an article for 19FortyFive.
The journalist recalled that under the agreement worth 2.5 billion dollars, China received 24 aircraft.
China may not have actually been interested in "flying the acquired Su-35s, but simply borrowed the technology for its growing air fleet. Acquiring more foreign technology is consistent with China's well-known modernization tactics.
The author suggested that the Su-35 could have been used to study modern technologies used in the Russian fighter. In particular, the combat aircraft is equipped with a modern electronic warfare system, the Irbis-E radar, and engines with controlled thrust vectoring.
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