LOL Let us hope that they fix their differences.
BTW Great post ! Peace and best wishes. Xi On Mar 10, 1:32 am, antidefm <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing I can't figure out why the Chinese couldn't do it by > themselves. This is probably the extention of CCTV-9 website problem; > everyone is expecting to have a free ride and easy going life, no one > is willing to put out the extra efforts and take the responsibility of > doing something. How difficult it is to make the engine for big > airplane and fighter jet?! How Russians did it?! C'mon, I don't > believe Chinese couldn't do it! > > ********************************* > > Do it yourself: Russia blocks China’s copycat efforts > 09 March, 2009, 17:04 > > Russia has refused to sell to China deck-based SU-33 fighters over > fears of losing military secrets if China copies the fighter, > according to Kanwa Defense Review. > > China has been negotiating the purchase of SU-33s for quite a time. At > first it was said that China needs 50 carrier-based fighters for > future aircraft carriers to be built for the Chinese Navy. China > insisted that before buying all 50 fighters it needed only two to give > it a “try”. > > Naturally, Russia refused to do so. Then Beijing raised the quantity > of fighters to be bought to 14. Still, besides the data leakage, it > was not acceptable because, as Russian experts put it, no less than 24 > planes must be built to recoup the production. > > Now it looks like the dead-locked negotiations will be dropped > altogether. > > Meanwhile, China plans to float out a 48,000-tonne aircraft carrier > with a traditional propulsion system next year. By 2020 Beijing plans > to put into service a 93,000-tonne nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. > > In addition to these two ships China has already purchased out-of-date > ex-Soviet cruisers around the world to copy the technology or even > make some of them operational. > > These moves will come at a serious price, as Russian deck-based > fighters are significantly cheaper then any similar models, such as > the French Rafale M or American F-35C or the F/A-22N Sea Raptor. > > China is notorious for making illegal copies of almost anything from > prêt-a-porter of famous brands to Russian fighter jets. > > When back in 1995 Russia sold China a licence to produce 200 SU-27SK > fighters (under the J-11 name) Russian experts were sure that the > Chinese military industrial complex would be unable to copy the jet > due to a huge technological gap. Experts were sure that the Chinese > would not be able to copy the jet’s engines until 2013. > > But Chinese engineers did their best. The quantity of Chinese > components of J-11 had been rising slowly, but after a breakthrough in > jet-engine construction, it rose to over 90%. > China bought equipment packages for 95 J-11s, but in 2003 refused to > buy the remaining 105. > > Dealing with the licence to produce deck-based SU-33 fighters China > has not even bothered to hide its copying intentions behind big > contracts. > > If China manages to organise mass production of J-11s with all Chinese- > produced components, Russia will face serious troubles and a fierce > struggle with the Chinese for traditionally Russian military markets > around the world. > > http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-03-09/Do_it_yourself__Russia... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
