{"id":270180,"date":"2026-08-30T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/270180\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:44:08","slug":"uzbekistan-to-receive-chinas-j-10-military-aircraft-based-on-israel-aerospace-industries-lavi-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/270180\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan to receive China&#8217;s J-10 military aircraft, based on Israel Aerospace Industries Lavi design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Muslim country is receiving the legacy of a previous Israeli aircraft project as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructs the defense establishment to prepare for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/defense-and-tech\/article-904116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">development of a new Israeli fighter jet<\/a> in an effort to maintain Israel\u2019s defense independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">A video broadcast on Uzbek television confirmed that Uzbekistan will become the second customer of China\u2019s J-10C fighter jet, after Pakistan became the first country to purchase the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The J-10 bears a strong resemblance to Israel\u2019s Lavi fighter jet, developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-906968\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel Aerospace Industries<\/a> (IAI), whose production was canceled after a government decision in 1988.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to foreign reports, China later bought the Lavi&#8217;s plans to accelerate the development of a domestically produced fourth-generation fighter jet and modernize its air force. The funds China paid helped cover the costs of ending the project in Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The Chinese fighter has already been used in combat, participating in aerial clashes between Pakistan and India last year. The aircraft was reportedly used to shoot down Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jets while carrying the advanced PL-15 radar-guided missile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The aircraft, which originated in Lod, is now serving a second Muslim country, although one that maintains diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>According to assessments, Muslim-majority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-906924\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangladesh<\/a> could also become the next customer for the J-10. The aircraft is cheaper than the American F-16 and is marketed to countries that are not interested in purchasing US-made fighter jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Muslim country is receiving the legacy of a previous Israeli aircraft project as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[3763,3719,262,513,6311,37,10775,13121,5861],"class_list":["post-270180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-aircraft","tag-bangladesh","tag-china","tag-fighter-jets","tag-iai","tag-israel","tag-israel-aerospace-industries","tag-muslims","tag-uzbekistan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117184997818170601","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}