[tanknetter]

My point is; anybody who sells anything to China, especially those who open a plant there, has sewage effluent for brains.

And you'd think that Sukhoi would know better too, having been burned on previous Su-27 family sales.

The ChiComs, for instance, bought one Su-33 Sea Flanker - and are now producing a new variant (they "kitbashed" the engineering with a couple other Flanker versions to get the best-of-all-worlds) called the J-15 for use on their Soviet-surplus carrier. I don't think that Sukhoi is getting licensing for any of those ...

[sukhoi-30mki]

The Sea Flanker was purchased from Ukraine, so Russia or Sukhoi can do little but whine about it.

http://web02.aviationweek.com/aw/mstory.do?id=news/asd/2011/04/27/02.xml&channel=defense&headline=New%20Chinese%20Ship-Based%20Fighter%20Progresses