05-20-2005, 13:14 PM
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Originally Posted by highsea
I think China has all the financial leverage she needs to convince Russia to amend the contract. China buys more than aircraft from Russia- Sov's, Kilo's, S-300's, satellite tech, etc. When you are the number one customer, you are in a good position to get your way. No doubt the issue is not one of whether or not Russia is willing to offer the upgrades, but how much is China willing to spend.
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ya thats right
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No, which is why I made the comment. China hasn't made offers on Rafale, she has made offers on Mirage 2000, which is in the same class as the J-10. Now, why would China be looking for 200 Mirages, if the J-10 was just as effective? There are two reasons- first, to put leverage on France with the rest of the EU wrt the arms embargo- second, because the Mirage will do the job better than the J-10 and China can acquire western avionics and engine technology in the process.
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well there r many pak posters which will like to say that j-10 as good as that of mirage 2000 but nothing concrete evidence of such thing is know ( do u?? ). Also if that was the case doesn't it will be good for china to get rafale or ef2000 plane which r better than mirage 2000-5( if j-10 as good as mirage mk2) why 2 planes in similar roles
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