China's Fighter Engines (WS-10A & WS13)

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(1) Why Russia Has China By The Engines. Strategy Page, May 21, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20120521.aspx

Quote:

"While some 20 percent of Chinese warplanes now use Chinese made engines, 80 percent do not and that is something the government has not been able to keep secret.

"And then there's China not wanting, for a long time, to admit that its own engine development efforts have consistently come up short. For example, two years ago China announced that it was replacing the engines in its J-10 fighter, installing Chinese made WS-10A in place of the Russian made AL-31FN. But last year, China quietly ordered several hundred more Russian AL-31FNs. No more talk of using the WS-10A on a large scale. * * * The reality is that the WS-10A has some serious, and unpredictable, reliability problems, which are becoming obvious.

"This Chinese copy [after AL-31FN], the WS-10A, is part of a program that has also developed the WS-13, to replace the RD-93 as well.

(2) Mission Nearly Impossible. Strategy Page, May 21, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20120521.aspx
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