Getting the feeling the Chinese tree will have to make do with whatever Taiwan and Pakistan will be able to offer for now, if info on the Chinese stuff is so hard to come by lol
Is it known what radar their Su-30MKKs (or MK2/3s) carry? Did they ever get those Su-35s they ordered?
J-10C -
AESA radar and completely new avionics
WS-10B engine with figures of 140-144KN of afterburning thrust
PL-10 + PL-15 firing capability
DSI intake
More hardpoints
Su-30MKKs carried a variant of the N001 Mech, it’s bad.
Now that J-11B gets A2G ordnance Su-30MKK isn’t appealing at all.
CN did get Su-35 though the differences between it and Su-35S in Russian service isn’t known too much.
If I had to guess, if both Russia and China get it, they might most likely get both the same armaments, as the same happened to other aircraft iirc, but that is just my guess in the end
Probably there are other nations. Considering Gaijin’s attitude, I don’t think Pakistan will be the subtree, it will be the premium vehicle supplier. Neither Taiwan nor Pakistan will be able to provide enough vehicles for the subtree.
I’ve read that they did at least have plans to swap the radar on their MKKs for a better one. I guess that either never happened or it just isn’t known what radar they went with…
Gaijin is forced to either compromise on what it considers evidence for vehicle modeling or make guesstimates going ahead, if they want to continue developing China.
The upgrades never went through, probably not even past the speculation/planning phase.
However, I will note that Su-30Mk2s now can carry PL-8B and PL-12 missiles.