J-11B: China’s Reverse-Engineered Fighter Jet ... to be one of Russia’s finest warplanes ever developed. The “Flanker” (NATO’s designation for the Su-27) went into service for the ...

Over the next few years, it appeared Chinese engineers simply reverse-engineered the Flanker platform to create its J-11B fighter series. The resulting aircraft was nearly identical to the Russian ...

Summary and Key Points: The Chinese J-11B is an indigenous variant of the ... Summary and Key Points: The Su-27 “Flanker,” designed by Sukhoi, is considered the best Soviet fighter of the ...