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China orders 100+ AL-31 Engines From Russia to Equip J-10 Fleet

Posted 7-16-2005 at 01:53 PM

Russia Will Equip a Hundred Chinese Fighters with Engines from Su-27

FGUP Rosoboronehksport has concluded a contract for the delivery to China for a batch of AL-31 aircraft engines, Vedomosti reports.

According to the contract, 100 engines will be delivered to the PRC. To approximate cost of the contract, in the opinions of experts, is 300 million dollars (the export price of the AL-31 is 3 million dollars.

As military analysts note, the Chinese, most likely, will install these engines on lightweight J-10 ((Latin letter) fighters, which are being produced using Israeli technologies. In 2003, Russia delivered 54 of the same engines, which were installed on these airplanes.
Earlier this year, Rosoboronehksport signed a contract for the delivery to China of RD-93 aircraft engines. The cost of the contract is 267 million dollars (they will equip JH-17 fighters with them, which China will export.) Moreover, one more contract for the development, delivery and licensed production of the AL-55 engine, with a cost of 200 million, has been concluded with India. The AL-55 is intended for HJT-36 and HJT-39 airplanes.

In all, according to the estimates of experts, since the beginning of the year Russia has concluded contracts for the export of engines almost for 800 million dollars.
As the specialists note, the deliveries of the engines does not mean that the PRC will cease exporting Su-27 and SU-30 from Russia. The Chinese military is equipped with two types of fighters – the lightweight J-10 and heavy, or Russian manufacture.

Source: 11.07.05, lenta.RU

Well its obvious michael is behind the russian arming of the Chinese fighters. He wants to steal them and bring them back to india so india can bomb china back. Why does michael always act so brown? Maybe cuz it's obvious he is trying to hide his trueself by becoming someone that he wants everyone to think he is because he realizes that nobody will like him if he shows his true self, but really no one likes him anyways, made even worse by the fact that he's racist. :D Wow nice quote :p

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