PLAAF production technology level

[Armand2REP]

Russia is ahead than France in technology but their economy was/is not that strong. They had the technology of Sukhoi 35, MIG 35 and PAK FA decade back, but they didn't had enough money to go. Even today, They have not started production of MIG35 and very less Su 35 that also for their own. Once JV with India started, PAK FA came into existence.

The biggest part of an airplane isn't the air frame or the engines... it is the avionics. About 60% of the cost and 70% of the technology. France is far ahead of Russia in this regard as they came begging for Thales to be part of the PAK FA project early on. French engine technology is also superior, it isn't thrust that matters, it is T/W, TBO, economy and hours that matter and developments with M88 ECO beat Russian hours by a factor of 4.