Key Points and Summary – China’s J-15 “Flying Shark” carrier fighter is a direct clone, reverse-engineered from a Russian Su-33 prototype acquired from Ukraine...
Key Points and Summary – The Su-33 (born Su-27K) is Russia’s aircraft carrier-based Flanker: a big, long-legged air-superiority fighter adapted for the Admiral Kuznetsov....
Russia’s Su-33 Fighter Has a Problem That Can’t Be Fixed Key Points and Summary: Russia’s Sukhoi Su-33 is a powerful and capable carrier-based fighter,...
Key Points – China’s J-15 “Flying Shark” carrier-based fighter is a prime example of its reverse-engineering prowess, born from an unfinished Su-33 prototype acquired...
In the late 1980s, the then-USSR produced two prototypes for carrier-capable fighter aircraft. One was from Mikoyan, the MiG-29K-9.31, and the other from Sukhoi,...
Since the Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name “Flanker”) air superiority fighter officially debuted in June 1985, it seems that the JSC Sukhoi Company has...