Su -33 carrier aircraft
Russia, the world arms trade analysis director, member of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence and Social Commission for Igor – Secco koslowski shevchenko June 4 interview in Moscow said that as the performance is not high, the Chinese carrier aircraft F -15 failed in the external market for Russian-made Su -33 compete with similar products.
Earlier media reports, China is actively carrying out work on the development of domestic ship-based fighters, which is based on five years ago from Ukraine, Russia, purchasing the first batch of Su -33 fighter carrier test sample machine T-10K.
Secco koslowski shevchenko in to comment on this news, said: “China clones F -15 in the performance parameters may not be able to ship-borne Russian Su -33 fighter levels, so do not exclude the possibility of selling a group of Soviet Russia again request – 33 fighter for the possibility. ”
Russian experts believe that China has received the Soviet -33 test sample machine can not be the basis for the development of new equipment and technology, as from the Ukraine just purchased T-10K Su -33 developed several versions of the initial one, and only in the Soviet Union -33 production preparation within the framework of the pilot scheme before use, so there are many defects in its structure, and later in the trial and improvement in the elimination.
Secco koslowski shevchenko in particular, individual media reported that Chinese experts have successfully resolved the folding mechanism of the wing, he reports that this may not be realistic.
In addition, carrier-based fighter developed the most complex technical problems have developed engine problems.
The experts agreed that on the whole, aircraft engine development is the weakest parts of the aviation industry, China can not for the land-based fighter aircraft being developed entirely to meet the requirements of the engine, requiring a lot of buying from Russia, but for the carrier fighter aircraft engine manufacturing is a technically more complex tasks.
According to the Russian center of the world’s arms trade control of the situation, similar to the carrier-based Su -33 fighter aircraft carrier construction program is necessary.
Beijing has a few years ago the Soviet Union and Russia on the procurement issue over -33 negotiations on the procurement of the first two Su -33 to assess the technical performance of their flight, Russia’s dissatisfaction with this program.
China, Russia, after the proposed sale of a group of 12-14, Su -33, but Moscow believes that the program is equally unacceptable, because from an economic point of view, in this small number of Su-order condition to start the production line is not worth the -33 and Russia is also worried about technology leakage, because the Chinese samples in imitation of Russian weapons and equipment has a unique technology.
Secco koslowski shevchenko that the Sukhoi company’s final proposal is to supply the first batch of China 12-14, Su -33 aircraft standard aircraft for the Chinese naval air unit of the teaching and training flights, an additional supply of 36 complete aircraft, the result is rejected, then negotiations stalled.
Russian experts, and Russia in the Soviet -33 protracted procurement negotiations, China actively pursued the development of similar products SU -33 is scheduled to deploy to future domestic carrier.
China’s aircraft carrier program has been designed more than 20 years, in order to learn from foreign experience in aircraft carrier construction, the Chinese purchased while several States Navy decommissioned aircraft carrier, mainly in 1994 by the Australian aircraft carrier “Melbourne” number, and the former Soviet Union’s heavy-duty aircraft carrier the Navy cruiser “W good grid “number,” Minsk “number and” Kiev, “.
科罗特琴科 said, for the manufacture of aircraft carriers, Beijing also solve many of the most complex technical issues, including security devices and a variety of shipboard combat systems compatibility issues related to equipment, therefore part of the supply in China is There may also be forced to seek help from Russia or Ukraine.
According to the Russian center of the world’s arms trade analysis predicts that by 2020 China is ready to build 4-6 vessels of medium displacement of about 6.5 million tons of aircraft carriers, class and the “Kuznetsov” aircraft rather, plans to deploy to the South China Sea and East China Sea.
