So since the Chinese got their new premium tier 8 jet I wanted to know if the new Chinese Su-30MKK is an exact copy and paste as the Russian premium Su-30MK2? Or are they both slightly different aircrafts in terms of missiles and ariel performance?
well that chinese got better long range missiles by a mile.
Pl12’s and pl8’s
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But aren’t the R-77s slightly better or superior to the PL-12s or is the PL-12s a direct copy of the R-77s?
R77’s are better on close range, but on bvr pl 12 is a lot better.
So no, basic R77’s are nothing special.
So yes, cos of those missiles that chinese is actually better compared to soviet prem version.
Same goes on R73 vs PL8. R73 is better on close range , but lacks range, and pl8’s are less effective on close, but they got range advantage
The PL-12 is built off of leaked/captured AIM-120C documents, it has nothing to do with R-77
Oh, I never knew that. How on earth did the Chinese manage to capture or find a leak of the AIM120C documents?
Actually nope.
R77 is closer, since it was first made with collabrition with Vympel . (seeker)
But later versions doesnt use russian parts anymore.
And pl12 has a lot less drag compared to R77