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When you are buying parts or equipment from BLACK MARKET, you won't expect your tender will seek the customer service from manufacturer on your behalf.

Sorry, an error in my typing: he told the india side that he should NOT use the J7II patrs for India Mig21, but the gentalman insists they are smae.

Sorry i failed to grab your point?

Chinese Mig 21 copy is based on Mig 21 F-13, a type which India did not operate in numbers. I guess very few first aircraft inducted were f-13 type in late 60's but for India, Mig 21 saga really started from type 77(FL), Type 88(M), Bis to Bison. Which varied a lot from old F-13 type. Not to...

Well, I would call it economical and pragmatic. Otherwise, you have to investment a chunk of money to produce some parts which will soon be useless anymore, or you have to buy these parts from Russia that are more and more expensive since they have to keep an production line open for your...

Well, looks like you got some wrong information here. The last J-7 acquired by PLAF was in 2006. Until today, there are still around 900 J-7 in service this years. So, no, Chinese hasn't started to retire 1990-2003 delivered J-7 yet. Of course, these minor purchases don't affect the quality of...

Sorry, I can't. It was a TV show I watched a couple of years ago. Anyway, my point is that India can't produce every necessary part for her Mig-21. That is why she has to retire her Mig-21 while Chinese can still fly J-7 even though the replacing plan is carried out.

And here is an article suggesting that India was buying Mig-21 parts outside Russia: Quote:"Defense authorities in Moscow have previously warned India not to cut corners in purchasing authentic parts. The Russian ambassador in New Delhi, Alexander Kadakin, has said that India should not be...

Cannibalizing among your Mig-21 only slows down the trend that the number of your battle ready Mig-21 is becoming less and less. The story was coming from a TV interview of a Chengdu aviation engineer that he was surprised to receive a call from India requiring a post-sale service for a part for...

Well, because every single part of J7s is produced by Chinese manufacturers, they will be produced continuously until these J7s are retired completely. On the other hand, Russians are shutting down the production lines for the parts of Mig 21s. IAF is even forced to buy the parts of J7s from...

Why not, since the collapse of Soviet Union, they are no longer threatened by a huge scale armor force. These cold war toys are too damn expensive to keep in their air force. They need to cash out these stock and production lines.