China's air force has more than 2,000 operational aircraft — mainly indigenous copies of Soviet-era designs, like the A-5 (based on the MiG-19), the F-7 (MiG-21) and Y-8 (An-12). Their derivatives continue to be developed. Long after the An-12 went out of service, China not only continues to operate the Shanxi Y8F-400 derivative, but is now working on a further development — the Y-9.
That keeps China mired in obsolete technology. Similarly, while the A-5III is very different from the original MiG-19, it has little value in today’s warfare.
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