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The only solution is to buy Russian engines.
Perhaps they can steal the technology needed from GE or Pratt and Whitney
Why do Chinese warplanes always look like clones of U.S. warplanes?
Because Hitlery failed to gain the presidency where she could have provided the ChiComs with top of the line engine technology.
Maybe we should ship them some engines from Pratt and Whitney aircraft.
That is if they haven’t stolen the plans already.
Because they assumed that the blueprints for an improved engine would be forthcoming under an HRC presidency, and that was a perfectly valid assumption.
What the matter, couldn’t steal a good design?
There is a huge gap between claiming to have a stealth fighter; and, having one that actually works. Add in the fact that the Chicoms don’t have the pilot training to fly them effectively.
This is sort of like the Chinese navy building aircraft carriers. Even if they could build one that might be able to function, good luck with operating them and managing flight ops and maintenance.
With stealth you get egg roll.
China has NEVER been able to build a reliable jet engine...military or commercial.
Their best aircraft are equipped with Russian engines.
And Russia has supplied them plans...even engineers and they cannot produce a reliable replica.
Most analysis of the issue from the outside suggests Quality Control lapses at all phases of construction. They just cannot seem to apply proper rigor along every stage.
From Materials Science, to Machining, to Assembly. These very, very smart people have a culture of shortcuts.
I definitely would not want to go to sea on a Chinese submarine. Or fly in a jet with Chinese engines.
They were not able to steal engine blueprints from us and others