>>1177053>radarThey have already airborn AESA in service on AWACS and fighters (J-10B/C). Maybe not APG-81 tier, but definetely on par with RBE2 (only 80 built to this day) or Captor-E (still in development, won't be ready this year).
The detailed specs are obviously classified, but from what we know there's nothing significantly lacking.
>comms and datalinksTrue, but they're catching up fast
>navigational infrastructureThis isn't really related to building planes.
>RAMPerformance wise they are equivalent, they just haven't perfected the operational and maintenance details yet.
>MetallurgyTrue.
>Operational experience.This isn't about building planes.
>>1177075This is the most logical solution if you want to catch up technologically. China is not gonna put western companies interests before their own. Blame the western politicians and businessman who let this happen.
It's not fair, but they played smart and won. That's how the world works. Nobody's going to play nice just because, if they can make more profit otherwise.
