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2007-08-13 India-Pakistan

Russia blocks deliveries of Chinese fighters to Pakistan - paper

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Posted by john frum 2007-08-13 08:16|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 China has the option to build these engines themselves but then the quality couldn't be guaranteed could it?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-08-13 13:08|| 2007-08-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

#2 China bought the RD-93 and the AL-31 engines because they can't build the equivalent themselves.

The Russians have refused "deep" technology transfer and sell the Chinese CKD engines. In contrast, India got full tech transfer.

Of course, the Indians actually obey contract license agreements, unlike the Chinese.

And they represent no military or demographic threat to Russia.

Posted by john frum 2007-08-13 14:26|| 2007-08-13 14:26|| Front Page Top

#3 In the end, the 'Dragon's' hegemony will trump the 'Bear's' territorial Cold War antics; and this time I hope the 'Eagle' won't 'come a callin' such as was done during WWII to split the German's fronts for them!

Posted by smn 2007-08-13 16:23|| 2007-08-13 16:23|| Front Page Top

#4 smn, China does not have to do anything but wait it out and in some 45 years they would take over Sibiria by default--there won'tbe anyone there, except indigenous Evenks and other tribes. Of course, there is one problem--what to do with the excess of males in the meanwile.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-13 17:13|| 2007-08-13 17:13|| Front Page Top

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