China buys Su-35 fighter jets from Russia worth 2 billion USD

According to Reuters/Sputnik, a spokesman for the Russian state technology corporation Rostec said on November 19 that Russia and China have signed an agreement on Beijing buying a squadron of Su-35 fighter jets.

Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jet. Photo: AFP/VNA

With this deal, China is the first foreign customer to order Su-35 fighter jets.

An industry source told Reuters the contract is worth more than $2 billion and covers 24 aircraft.

On the same day, Russia's Kommersant daily quoted Rostec head Sergey Chemezov as saying: "The lengthy negotiations on the delivery of Su-35s to China have ended. We have just signed the contract."

The Su-35 fighter (NATO reporting name Flanker-E) is an upgraded version of the Su-27 multirole fighter.

This aircraft was first introduced to the foreign public at the Paris Air Show in 2013./.

According to Vietnam+