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Around 2017. I was chatting with a Bangladeshi friend. I would recommend Bangladesh to consider investing in SAC. Because SAC was in dire need of financial support at that time. It lost to CAC in the PLAAF bid. Almost all the money of the Air Force was invested in the CAC. At the time, SAC even sold some factories to save FC31. If Bangladesh can invest in SAC. In the future, it is possible to get the FC-31 at cost price.
But there is no "if". It's a pity
Yeah - water under the bridge now unfortunately.
Govt. stupidity in Bangladesh is too common. They don't know how to seize a good opportunity.
Not just FC-31, but I believe F-7BGI production line (now producing the FTC-2000, or the JL-9 supersonic trainer) was offered to Bangladesh at one point from Chengdu. That could have been a nice starting point for our first fighter. But even with glass cockpit, may have been a little dated aerodynamically. But one has to start somewhere.