CAN WE EXPECT CHINA TO FLEX ITS MILITARY-AIR MUSCLES AT THE PARIS AIR SHOW?

摘要

The Shenyang J-15 fighter would be the star of the show, but, in a nutshell, there is no way it will be at Paris. There are only a few flying examples for testing aboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning, and it's all but inconceivable that China would be marketing this machine to anybody else - how many countries have carriers that can operate a big jet like this? However, it is not beyond imagination that the far less ambitious Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 will make its Paris debut. After appearing at Farnborough in 2010, it missed Paris in 2011 and, despite years of sales talks with several countries, it has yet to secure any international customers other than Pakistan.