During recent meetings between officials from Russia and China

that were held in conjuction with Mr Putins official visit in May,

no sale of Russian weapons, particularly the Su!" was discussed,
yet the very goebbellian pro#S media and Pentagon propagandists
$eep insisting on %buying the plane on behalf of the P&'(
)hose pro#S editors disguised as unbiased commenters li$e those
of )heDiplomat have been peddling the big falsehood that China is
buying or has bought the Su!" from as far bac$ as the year *++,(
-ne reason they put forward for them %buying the Su!" on behalf
of China is that the P&' still does not possess any fighter boasting
the legendary combat radius ./ 0,"++$m internal fuel1 of the Su!"(
2n comparison, Su!+s have a combat radius of /0,*++$m while the
30" has only an effective radius of 0,+++$m using internal tan$s(
)he Su!" is 4-) suitable for longrange interdiction duties in the
%hot western Pacific theatre( )his is because it is a singleseat jet
and any attempt to fly it outside the protective cover of coastal or
ground radar will virtually lead to a foregone loss of the fighter( )o
go beyond this %radar umbrella a twinseater jet such as the 305
and which must be accompanied by an escort of stealth drones is a
must( )his is why the P&' is now urgently developing such drones(
)he singleseat Su!" is simply perfect for combat patrol duty inside
its own .defended1 airspace such as the airspace over the 6inghai
)ibetan plateau to interdict aerial hostiles sweeping in from places
li$e Diego 7arcia, but then the P&' already has its own singleseat
fighters that are regarded as more than capable for the job li$e the
hot new '8S'e9uipped 30+:, 300: and the comingsoon 3*+(