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http://www.freeintertv.com/news_pic/fc-1-1.jpgChinese clones of Russian fighter jets have entered the world market, where they faced their original copies. The Chinese jets are three times less expensive than the Russian legendary MiG and Sukhoi fighter jets. Mikhail Pogosyan, the head of MiG and Sukhoi design bureaus, stated that he did not want to sign another large contract to deliver RD-93 engines, which China used for its FC-1 fighters, the clones of MiG-29.
Russian engineers are facing a tough choice: either to refuse from the contract worth $3.75 billion or lose African and Asian markets. China’s FC-1 does not have the advantage over Russia’s MiG-29 from the point of view of performance, but it is much cheaper: $10 million vs. $35 million. Beijing plans to sell not less than 1,200 copies of Su-27/30 and MiG-29 with a lethal discount for the Russian market.

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