Russia and Japan are the first to master jet and aircraft making technologies in this region referred to as the East(in this post) and later, China joined the League.
A lot of mind blowing aircraft and fighter jets has been developed from this region but this is Classikolic list of the best 10 of the fighter jets.
MiG-35(Fulcrum F)
MiG-35 was developed by Mikoyan design bureau in the early 2000s as a successor to the MiG-29. It is a 4++ generation fighter with latest electronic equipment, new engines and other systems. The aircraft main role is to gain air superiority as well as perform all weather precision ground strike and also aerial reconnaissance.
The aircraft is fitted with two klimov RD-33MK engines which have thrust and power than any other engine on Russian fighter jets.
The aircraft is armed with a 30-mm cannon and carries 150 rounds of ammunition. It has 9 external hardpoint and can carry up to 7,000kg of payload and can use air-to-air and air-to-missiles, unguided and guided rockets and bombs.
It has a range up to 3,200km with external fuel and has a max speed of 2,600km/h and a combat radius of 500km. Its radar, the new phazatron zhuk active phased array radar is more resistance to electronic countermeasures and can track 30 target and engage 6 at a time.
Estimated Price: ($45M)
Sukhoi Su-35
This twin-engine fighter is a big and agile jet that has a very good weight/payload ratio and super-maneuverable with a maximum speed of Mach 2.25. The service ceiling of this aircraft is Sixty thousand feet and it has a range of 2,200miles on internal fuel and 2,800miles with two external tanks. The engine and aerodynamics of this plane is specially designed to carry out maneuvers that are impossible for other fighter jets (like moving in one direction while its nose is pointing in another direction) with the exception of the American F-22 Raptor. With its speed and its advanced suite of avionic the Su-35 can put the fear of God into any pilot coming against it with a different jet. This beautiful jet is tipped as the best jet in the world today with the exception of the American stealth Lockhead Martin F-22 Raptor. Su-35 high altitude capability and its blistering speed makes it the most dangerous aircraft to go against in the world. The Su-35 has twelve to fourteen weapon hardpoints. it can use the 4K-77M long range radar guided missiles which has a range of 115 miles, the short range R-74, the medium-range R-27 missile and the external long range R-37. The Su-35 is also armed with a thirty-millimeter cannon with 150 rounds.
Estimated Price($65M)
Chengdu J-20
The new Chengdu J-20 is a single seat stealth Air superiority fighter/Multirole combat aircraft and a 5th generation aircraft manufactured by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the Chinese Military (PLAAF). This Air craft should be the number one on this list but most of its specs are still shrouded in obscurity and it was able to make it this far for being a stealth aircraft and its long range capability. It is powered by two WS-15 afterburning turbofans, 87 or 111KN. It is equipped with Type 1475(KLJ-5) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with 1856 transmit/receive modules. It also carries a Electro-optical distributed Aperture system (EODAS) for detecting and intercepting stealth aircraft.
Its weapon bay is capable of housing both short and long-range air-to-air missiles (AAM)(PL-9,PL-12C/D & PL15-PL-21) and its secondary bays behind the air inlets are capable of carrying short-range AAMs (PL-9). The J-20 can speed up to 2,100km/h (1,305mph).
Estimated Price:($110M)
MiG-31(Foxhound)
Though it has been more than 35years since this monster of the air entered service with Russian air force yet it is still one of the most feared jets in the the world. The MiG-31 is a long-range two crew supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed principally for the Russian and Kazakhstan airforce. Mikoyan is the designer and manufacturer of the MiG-31.
It is the fastest fighter jet in the world as it can trav well over Mach 3+ and all weather operational jet. It is equipped with advanced equipment and radar and can use various ordinance from air-to-air and air-to-surface missile. It is also equipped to be able to fire super long range missile(220km+)
Estimated Price: ($57M)
Shengyang J-16
The Shenyang J-16 is a strike Fighter designed and manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. It is an upgrade of the Shenyang J-11 (flanker B+). It is fitted with 2 × ws-10A after burning turbofans and can speed up to mach 2. This aircraft boast of a higher range (3,900km) than J-11, has a higher service ceiling (56,800ft) and is armed with 1 × 30mm Gsh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds, munitions on twelve external hard points, including 8 x PL-12 and 4 x PL-9 air to air missiles. It is also equipped to be able to carry other indigenous Chinese equipment including super and subsonic anti-ship missiles, air-to-air missiles, satellite guided bombs, cruise missiles and electronic countermeasure (ECM) jammer.
Estimated Price($40m)
SHENYANG J-11(Flanker B+)
The Shenyang J-11 (Flanker B+) is a 4th generation twin-engine jet fighter from China whose airframe is based on the Soviet-designed Sukhoi. The first 100 Shenyang J-11 aircraft were fitted with Russian-made Lyulka Saturn AL-31 engines but the later versions use Chinese built Woshan WS 10A "Tailhang" turbofans.
Shenyang J-11 has a maximum speed of 2,600km and a combat range of 1,500km. It can operate as high as 20km up in the sky and is armed with 1 × 23-mm or 30-mm cannon and can use air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.
Estimated Price: ($30M)
Chengdu J-10 (Vigorous Dragon)
The Chengdu J-10 is a light weight multirole fighter capable of all-weather operation that entered service with the PLAAF in 2004. The J-10 which can speed up to Mach 2.2 has 11 hardpoint for weapons and external fuel tank and also has an in-flight refueling capability. It is powered by Russian-made Saturn Lyulka AL-31 and has a combat radius of 340 miles. It can carry the Chinese PL-12 and PL-8 air to air missiles, 500kg laser-guided bomb as well as free-fall bombs and has a 23-mm cannon.
Estimated Price:($30M)
JF-17/FC-1
The JF-17/FC-1 is the result of a cooperation between China and Pakistan for the development of a light weight Multirole Combat aircraft. Most of the development was carried out in China by Chengdu, however development costs were split equally.
The fighter jet is fitted with 1 × klimov RD-93 engine or Guizhou WS-13 engine. It can deploy diverse ordinance including air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and is armed with 23mm Gsh-23-2 twin-barrel autocannon. Its maximum speed is 2,200km/h
Estimated Price: ($30m)
Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)
This beast of the air is an exceptionally maneuverable machine that can stay in the air even with serious damage done to it. It is one of the most agile aircraft ever built. This jet has an advantage over almost every other 4th generation jet in the world jets in the world in speed, range, raw agility and maneuverability.
It is armed with 1 × 30mm Gsh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds. It has 10 external pylons and can carry up to 6 × medium range AA missiles R-27, 2 × short range heat-seeking AA missiles R-73. It is fitted with 2 × Saturn/Lyulka AL-31f Turbofan.
This aircraft can hit 2,500km/h and has a service ceiling of 62,523ft.
Estimated Price($30M)
TEJAS HAL
The HAL Tejas is an Indian built single-seat, Single-jet engine, multirole light weight fighter designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for Indian Air force and Navy. The Aircraft which gives it high maneuverability has a maximum speed of 2,205km/h and is fitted with 1 x General Electric F404-GE-IN20 Turbofan.
The aircraft has a range of 3,000km and a combat radius of 500km. It's service ceiling is 52,500ft. It is armed with a 1 x 23mm twin- barrel Gsh-23 Cannon with 220 round of ammunition and also has 8 point and can use deploy diverse ordinance including air-to-air and air-to-surface missile and Bombs.
Estimated Price: ($25M)
MiG-35(Fulcrum F)
MiG-35 was developed by Mikoyan design bureau in the early 2000s as a successor to the MiG-29. It is a 4++ generation fighter with latest electronic equipment, new engines and other systems. The aircraft main role is to gain air superiority as well as perform all weather precision ground strike and also aerial reconnaissance.
The aircraft is fitted with two klimov RD-33MK engines which have thrust and power than any other engine on Russian fighter jets.
The aircraft is armed with a 30-mm cannon and carries 150 rounds of ammunition. It has 9 external hardpoint and can carry up to 7,000kg of payload and can use air-to-air and air-to-missiles, unguided and guided rockets and bombs.
It has a range up to 3,200km with external fuel and has a max speed of 2,600km/h and a combat radius of 500km. Its radar, the new phazatron zhuk active phased array radar is more resistance to electronic countermeasures and can track 30 target and engage 6 at a time.
Estimated Price: ($45M)
Sukhoi Su-35
This twin-engine fighter is a big and agile jet that has a very good weight/payload ratio and super-maneuverable with a maximum speed of Mach 2.25. The service ceiling of this aircraft is Sixty thousand feet and it has a range of 2,200miles on internal fuel and 2,800miles with two external tanks. The engine and aerodynamics of this plane is specially designed to carry out maneuvers that are impossible for other fighter jets (like moving in one direction while its nose is pointing in another direction) with the exception of the American F-22 Raptor. With its speed and its advanced suite of avionic the Su-35 can put the fear of God into any pilot coming against it with a different jet. This beautiful jet is tipped as the best jet in the world today with the exception of the American stealth Lockhead Martin F-22 Raptor. Su-35 high altitude capability and its blistering speed makes it the most dangerous aircraft to go against in the world. The Su-35 has twelve to fourteen weapon hardpoints. it can use the 4K-77M long range radar guided missiles which has a range of 115 miles, the short range R-74, the medium-range R-27 missile and the external long range R-37. The Su-35 is also armed with a thirty-millimeter cannon with 150 rounds.
Estimated Price($65M)
Chengdu J-20
The new Chengdu J-20 is a single seat stealth Air superiority fighter/Multirole combat aircraft and a 5th generation aircraft manufactured by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the Chinese Military (PLAAF). This Air craft should be the number one on this list but most of its specs are still shrouded in obscurity and it was able to make it this far for being a stealth aircraft and its long range capability. It is powered by two WS-15 afterburning turbofans, 87 or 111KN. It is equipped with Type 1475(KLJ-5) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with 1856 transmit/receive modules. It also carries a Electro-optical distributed Aperture system (EODAS) for detecting and intercepting stealth aircraft.
Its weapon bay is capable of housing both short and long-range air-to-air missiles (AAM)(PL-9,PL-12C/D & PL15-PL-21) and its secondary bays behind the air inlets are capable of carrying short-range AAMs (PL-9). The J-20 can speed up to 2,100km/h (1,305mph).
Estimated Price:($110M)
MiG-31(Foxhound)
Though it has been more than 35years since this monster of the air entered service with Russian air force yet it is still one of the most feared jets in the the world. The MiG-31 is a long-range two crew supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed principally for the Russian and Kazakhstan airforce. Mikoyan is the designer and manufacturer of the MiG-31.
It is the fastest fighter jet in the world as it can trav well over Mach 3+ and all weather operational jet. It is equipped with advanced equipment and radar and can use various ordinance from air-to-air and air-to-surface missile. It is also equipped to be able to fire super long range missile(220km+)
Estimated Price: ($57M)
Shengyang J-16
The Shenyang J-16 is a strike Fighter designed and manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. It is an upgrade of the Shenyang J-11 (flanker B+). It is fitted with 2 × ws-10A after burning turbofans and can speed up to mach 2. This aircraft boast of a higher range (3,900km) than J-11, has a higher service ceiling (56,800ft) and is armed with 1 × 30mm Gsh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds, munitions on twelve external hard points, including 8 x PL-12 and 4 x PL-9 air to air missiles. It is also equipped to be able to carry other indigenous Chinese equipment including super and subsonic anti-ship missiles, air-to-air missiles, satellite guided bombs, cruise missiles and electronic countermeasure (ECM) jammer.
Estimated Price($40m)
SHENYANG J-11(Flanker B+)
The Shenyang J-11 (Flanker B+) is a 4th generation twin-engine jet fighter from China whose airframe is based on the Soviet-designed Sukhoi. The first 100 Shenyang J-11 aircraft were fitted with Russian-made Lyulka Saturn AL-31 engines but the later versions use Chinese built Woshan WS 10A "Tailhang" turbofans.
Shenyang J-11 has a maximum speed of 2,600km and a combat range of 1,500km. It can operate as high as 20km up in the sky and is armed with 1 × 23-mm or 30-mm cannon and can use air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.
Estimated Price: ($30M)
Chengdu J-10 (Vigorous Dragon)
The Chengdu J-10 is a light weight multirole fighter capable of all-weather operation that entered service with the PLAAF in 2004. The J-10 which can speed up to Mach 2.2 has 11 hardpoint for weapons and external fuel tank and also has an in-flight refueling capability. It is powered by Russian-made Saturn Lyulka AL-31 and has a combat radius of 340 miles. It can carry the Chinese PL-12 and PL-8 air to air missiles, 500kg laser-guided bomb as well as free-fall bombs and has a 23-mm cannon.
Estimated Price:($30M)
JF-17/FC-1
The JF-17/FC-1 is the result of a cooperation between China and Pakistan for the development of a light weight Multirole Combat aircraft. Most of the development was carried out in China by Chengdu, however development costs were split equally.
The fighter jet is fitted with 1 × klimov RD-93 engine or Guizhou WS-13 engine. It can deploy diverse ordinance including air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and is armed with 23mm Gsh-23-2 twin-barrel autocannon. Its maximum speed is 2,200km/h
Estimated Price: ($30m)
Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)
This beast of the air is an exceptionally maneuverable machine that can stay in the air even with serious damage done to it. It is one of the most agile aircraft ever built. This jet has an advantage over almost every other 4th generation jet in the world jets in the world in speed, range, raw agility and maneuverability.
It is armed with 1 × 30mm Gsh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds. It has 10 external pylons and can carry up to 6 × medium range AA missiles R-27, 2 × short range heat-seeking AA missiles R-73. It is fitted with 2 × Saturn/Lyulka AL-31f Turbofan.
This aircraft can hit 2,500km/h and has a service ceiling of 62,523ft.
Estimated Price($30M)
TEJAS HAL
The HAL Tejas is an Indian built single-seat, Single-jet engine, multirole light weight fighter designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for Indian Air force and Navy. The Aircraft which gives it high maneuverability has a maximum speed of 2,205km/h and is fitted with 1 x General Electric F404-GE-IN20 Turbofan.
The aircraft has a range of 3,000km and a combat radius of 500km. It's service ceiling is 52,500ft. It is armed with a 1 x 23mm twin- barrel Gsh-23 Cannon with 220 round of ammunition and also has 8 point and can use deploy diverse ordinance including air-to-air and air-to-surface missile and Bombs.
Estimated Price: ($25M)
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