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Am I the only one who spots the very short internal weapons bay?  I think the stubby chin intake proposal with afterburners is the earliest to have been publicized.


The Ukrainians did a lot of export business with China and I think the afterburner of the AI-222 might have been their own post-Soviet development.  All the same, I’m not sure I see the point of proposals that essential replicate the M346/YAK-130 or the Chinese L-15?  Moreover, if the whole point is to use the AI-222 or a derivative, is the engine plant or tooling still intact?


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