China are certainly a long way off from innovating something better than the United States - its alot easier to play catch up - they maybe good at contructing tried and tested airframe designs but are 10's of years off the level of creativity, innovation and expertise that the americans have.

The J-10 looks a very basic air craft by modern standards - more worrying would be the capabilities of the internal avionics that are probably surpassed by F-15's. Its more about the internal package of aircraft these days and BVR capabilities.

Originally posted by Vanguard
- more worrying would be the capabilities of the internal avionics that are probably surpassed by F-15's. Its more about the internal package of aircraft these days and BVR capabilities.

ARe you certain of that??..

It looks like it, but its quite different. And no, it is basically just a rendered picture of the twin engined J-10.

hey folks,
why copy the Lavi?? its ancient technology.Even the Isreali Airfoce dosnt use the aircraft.

Hmmm. Maybe that's why China just place huge order with Boeing for airliners. They must have decided the Russian ones they have been using weren't worth copying.