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Friday, October 26, 2007

Chinese Jets For Iran

Iran is believed (at least by Russian sources) to be buying 24 Chinese made J10 jet fighters.

The J-10 looks something like the American F-16, and weighs about the same (18 tons).

Originally, the J10 used a Russian AL-31FN engine, but China has been working for a decade to manufacture their own version of this, the WS10A.

However, the WS10A continues to have problem matching the performance of the AL-31FN, which is still being installed in J10s.

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