Sure enough, the J-10C was finally defeated by the Rafale fighter!missed the huge order of 76 billion.
Just a few days ago, comprehensive information from all sides showed that after a long period of consideration, Saudi Arabia finally gave up the J-10C and chose the French Rafale fighter instead.
At present, Saudi Arabia has made a request to France for an order of up to 54 Rafale fighters**. This means that once it is suitable, then Saudi Arabia will purchase French Rafale fighters.
Looking at the world, these 54 fighter orders are a huge deal, if according to the Rafale fighter from France to the United Arab Emirates, the price is 200 million US dollars, then the total value of these 54 Rafale is as high as 10.8 billion US dollars, equivalent to 76 billion yuan!
If this big arms purchase deal falls on our heads, it will create a miracle in our foreign arms trade. It's a pity that France won the lottery.
Originally, we still had hope that the J-10C would enter the Middle East, because at the beginning of the year, Saudi Arabia and our Hongdu Aircraft Factory finalized the purchase agreement of 12 L15 advanced trainer aircraft, which means that Saudi Arabia may be laying the foundation for the introduction of China's advanced fighters in the future, but now, this time may not have come.
In fact, in terms of data alone, our J-10C is better than the French Rafale.
However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the J-10C has no actual combat experience, and there is only one overseas customer, Pakistan Railway.
As for the Rafale, since its service, it has successively shown its skills in Libya, Afghanistan, Mali, Iraq and Syria and other battlefields, has rich combat experience, and has many overseas users, Egypt, Greece, Croatia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, etc. have introduced Rafale fighters. In addition, Indonesia and France have finalized an agreement to introduce 42 Rafale.
So from both aspects, it is not surprising that Saudi Arabia chose Rafale.
However, don't be discouraged, because compared with European and American host models such as Rafale, our domestic fighters are still relatively small in the international market.
However, with the rapid development of our equipment technology, our new fighters and new equipment have been among the world's first-class level, and even lead the development of main battle equipment.
As long as a certain amount of time is given, it is believed that in the near future, our domestic fighters, including the J-10C and even the J-35, will be able to open up a larger international market.
Because in the big environment, especially now that the sky is the world of fifth-generation aircraft, Europe has fallen behind in the field of fifth-generation aircraft, and Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern "nouveau riche", in order to get rid of dependence on the United States for defense and enhance diversification, only by choosing our domestic advanced fighters can we meet their needs. December Creation Incentive Program