Russia has already delivered to China 14 Su-35 Russian fighter, said the corporation “Rostec”. The remaining planes, It concluded in accordance with 2015 year contract for the supply of 24 machines, PLA Air Force will receive this, 2018 year, says the information, provided “Rostec” at the stand of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)
The corporation explained, that the delivery was carried out according to the contract: 4 fighter in 2016 year, yet 10 – at 2017, and the rest will be delivered before the end of 2018 of the year. The contract price was 2,5 billion. dollars.
China is officially the first foreign customer of Russian Su-35. Before this machine is used only in the Russian Air Force. Serial production of the Su-35 is carried out at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant named after Gagarin (included in the company “Dry”).
Supermaneuverability multi-purpose fighter Su-35S (Flanker-E + according to NATO classification) It belongs to a generation "4 ++" fighter and is designed to intercept and destroy in the near and distant aerial combat all classes of air targets, the struggle for supremacy in the air, as well as to destroy ground and sea targets, VOP covert means and located at a considerable distance from the home airfield. The Su-35s used a fifth-generation fighter technology. He can fly and fight in a, when the "classic" fighter of "4" and "4+" can not effectively conduct combat operations. Generation "4 ++" is conditional and only indicates, that by its characteristics this machine right up close to the fifth-generation fighter.
