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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Just off the top of my head.
The new subs - they're going on sea trials at the moment and nowhere near operational. If the MINGs and the HANs are any indication, it will be at least 5-6 years before they shake all the cowebs out (ie, learn to use the thing SAFELY) and it will be another 5-6 years before they learn how to use the things EFFECTIVELY. To suggest that they could bypass this step is ludicrous in the extreme.
As for the JL-2, the Chinese have stopped working on them.
The rest of the article continues along these lines. It has not caught up with the fact that the Chinese have suspended deliveries of SU-27s from Russia. Maybe, they're trying to get better models but the fact remains that their numbers are now frozen for at least 3 years.
Garbage. Just plain garbage.
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Too many misleadings in your comments.
China has been buillding and using submarines for several decades. The transition to a new sub takes 12 years? If they were China's first generation Subs. it could take such long time.
As long as 094 was built, then JL-2 will not stop. That's the simple reason.
China stopped buying Su-27 before the end of the transaction simply because China is building J11 which is a upgrade on SU-27 and domestic J10 goes to productions too. SU-30 are also available to China. Why China still need Russian made SU-27?
Chinese official media just released news recently and says J11, J10 and JH7A are in the massive production stage.