The Chinese will replace Russian fighter engines with their own

The media reported that the Chinese will replace Russian engines on fifth-generation J-10 fighters

Private. The country has already established the production of the latest parts.

About this writes "Military Review", referring toChinese television. It is reported that we are talking about the Taihang-10 engine (or WS-10). This is a turbojet with a controlled thrust vector, which uses technology to reduce the visibility of infrared radiation. The engines have already passed trial operation on fighters J-10, J-15 and J-16.

The latest version of WS-10 will be usedon J-20 aircraft. Engines will replace the Russian AL-31F. And this will make the fighter less noticeable. It is also known that the nozzle surface is coated with a special composition based on silver.

There is no exact information about the thrust of the latest version of the Chinese engine.