Reports: Saudi Arabia Eyeing Chinese Stealth Fighter Jets

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: China offers its most powerful stealth aircraft to Saudi Arabia

It appears that sources within the Saudi Arabian Royal Air Force are leaking information about their apparent interest in acquiring and possibly even manufacturing FC-31s, China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet.

Saudi news reports also indicate that the Chinese are also prepared to transfer the technology to build the FC-31 locally.

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