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Red Dragon 'Flankers' | China's Prolific 'Flanker' Family. Expected to arrive November!!
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Red Dragon \'Flankers\' | China\'s Prolific \'Flanker\' Family. <font color=\"#FF0000\" face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Expected to arrive November!!</font>
Noted for its exceptional performance, the Sukhoi Su-27 is not only one of the most capable fourth-generation fighters but its development history is also remarkably rich.
The ‘Flanker’ story took on a new industrial and political dimension when the Su-27 was chosen by China to meet the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s requirement for a new fourth-generation type.
This was a win-win-situation: Russia received a much-needed multi-billion-dollar contract and the PLAAF, for the first time, obtained a true high-end fourth-generation fighter. However, what followed was a complex drama, with both sides telling different stories. Following the direct sale from Russia, China obtained a contract for licence manufacturing. This yielded mixed success in the beginning and by the time the manufacturing procedures had evolved and improved, the licenced J-11 fighters no longer met the PLAAF’s requirements.
Subsequently, China developed indigenous variants of the ‘Flanker’ equipped with improved avionics, weapons, and engines, which Russia regards as a breach of the formal agreement. Regardless of whether these ‘Sino-Flankers’ are illegal copies, evolved clones or indigenous versions, the Chinese ‘Flanker’ series ultimately evolved into a wide range of variants, sometimes with no true counterparts in Russia.
This book provides a full overview of the Chinese ‘Flanker’ family, describing the genesis of this family and providing a review of the variants, their systems, and capabilities and how they are used by the People’s Liberation Army.
256 pages with 1 b/w and 226 colour pictures, 4 tables, 1 graph, 1 map and 27 artworks.

Author(s): Andreas Rupprecht
Publisher: Harpia Publ.
Pages: 256
Language: English
Edition: 1
Year of publication: 2022
Dimensions: 28 x 21 cm
Binding: Softcover
Weight: 1.10 kg
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