China’s J-15 “Flying Shark” carrier fighter is a direct clone, reverse-engineered from a Russian Su-33 prototype acquired from Ukraine in the early 2000s. -Significant problems have plagued the ...

Key Points and Summary - The Su-33 (born Su-27K) is Russia’s aircraft carrier-based Flanker: a big, long-legged air-superiority fighter adapted for the Admiral Kuznetsov. -Conceived to defend Soviet ...