a little more than bootlegging DVD's...
Posted on 05/16/2010 6:39:08 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Satellite photos recently revealed that the Chinese Navy has received J-11 jet fighters. These are illegal Chinese copies of the Russian Su-27. This plagiarism has been a source of friction between Russia and China for over five years. It all began, legally, in 1995, when China paid $2.5 billion for the right to build 200 Su-27s. Russia would supply engines and electronics, with China building the other components according to Russian plans and specifications. But after 95 of the Chinese built aircraft were built, Russia cancelled the agreement. They claimed that China was using the knowledge acquired with this Su-27 program, to build their own copy of the Su-27, the J-11. Russia kept the piracy issue quiet, and warned the Chinese that simply copying Russian technology would produce an inferior aircraft. Apparently the Chinese did not agree, and are continuing their work on the J-11, using only, what they claim is, Chinese technology.
The J-11 is believed to now include better electronics and some other Chinese design modifications. China can manufacture most of the components of the J-11, the one major element it must import are the engines. China believes it will be free from dependence on Russia for military jet engines within the next 5-10 years. Currently, China imports two Russian engines, the $3.5 million AL-31 (for the Su-27/30, J-11, J-10) and the $2.5 million RD-93 (a version of the MiG-29s RD-33) for the JF-17 (a F-16 type aircraft developed in cooperation with Pakistan.)
(Excerpt) Read more at strategypage.com ...
Awesome!
A thief stealing from a thief.
More targets...
Wow. Whoda thunk it?
a little more than bootlegging DVD's...
I hope that this doesn’t mean the price of fried rice is going up.
A bit of payback for the B-29.
And that my friends is why we shouldn’t outsource anything. Intellectual property laws mean nothing to China or India.
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Dr. Strangelove is back again...
As soon as things are much more complicated now, reverse engineering in hi-tech sector might be just a little easier than building own product.
These Russian engines is a good example. They are absolete ‘70s tech and Chinese still unable to reproduce it just like they couldn’t build it from kits they got earlier so they switched to buy it assembled.
They deserve each other....
Raptor Bait
Well!What are the Russian’s going to do?Sue and take them to court.MAybe they’ll be very carefull to whom they provide their technology.
The U.S. had better learn a lesson as well.
I agree.
The Russians get Russianed. Love it!
Commies stealing from commies -whodda thunk it.
On the other hand, it is true that most of the AK-47 derived weapons have not earned the Russians dime one.
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