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Originally Posted by oneman28
so why you said:
"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."
These links give you clue why China cancelled the remaining SU-27 orders. China continued to assemble J11(Su-27) and now update to J11B.
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Something called maintenance. For every 4 birds that leaves the factory, 5 are going back in. The Russian factory keep the Chinese numbers ahead of the rotation game. Without them, it will be 5 years before this maintenance cycle is complete and the start of a new one. Thus, it will be 3 years before enough birds are out of maintenance for the numbers to start rising.
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Originally Posted by oneman28
No matter what, the authors of the article I posted did a good job to summarize the development of China's military programmes in recent 1o years. And all the comments you bashed after that were not correct.
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Like I said, you don't read the footnotes. I do. That's how I know your articles are garbage. I recognize Gertz's work anywhere.
It's people like you who do the most damage to the PLA's reputation. You try to build them to supermen by referencing articles that just plain garbage to begin with. Did you even read that article you posted? Did you check the footnotes? I knew exactly where each article came from, especially the WT which is notoriously blue group and not above exergerating capabilities and projections.
In the meantime, what the PLA is doing is impressive in its own regard. Alot of it is wrong and alot the PLA is just pushing forward for propaganda sakes and do not take seriously themselves. The best example is Unrestricted Warfare and I suggest you read that before posting anything else.
In either case, CDF has earned its reputation, even in China.
And must be my old age because I can no longer stand idiot wannabes. Another member of the ignore list.