China is interested in purchasing Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft and Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumph air defence systems, according to a senior official from Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Co-operation (FSVTS), one of the two chief Russian government entities responsible for arms exports, speaking on 22 February. Aleksandr Fomin, the agency's first deputy director, made the announcement to Russian news outlets three days after Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin visited the Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KNAAPO) plant in the Russian Far East that manufactures the Su-35
[first posted to http://jdw.janes.com - 01 March 2012]
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