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China's stealth jet -J-20
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:31:00 +0000, Malcolm wrote:
In article , Andrew Swallow writes On 11/01/2011 18:53, Dan wrote: {snip} Let them steal a chip design with a built in flaw such that it can be remotely commanded to cause major system failure. Essentially one could get the Red Chinese to construct an airplane with a built in bomb. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired The danger with that one is that our own aeroplanes have the save flaw. Andrew Swallow Not necessarily. Remember Concorde and Concordski? There were strong rumours that the Russians had agents who acquired plans/details for Concorde. The two aircraft were certainly fairly similar. The UK and/or French got wind of it and fed in some duff data. Hence the crash and demise of Concordski. Uhm, no - not even close. The Tu 144 has a configuration closer to the Lockheed L-2000 design for the U.S. funded SST than the Concorde. The Tu-144 loss at the Paris Air Show was due to maneuvering the airplane outside of its known limits, leading to both a loss of control and engine stall/stagnation due to the airflow through the inlet system being disturbed. ( Whether the airplane was being maneuvered too aggressively by the pilot to put on a good show or to avoid an Armee de l'Air Mirage is in some dispute, but is ultimately irrelevant.) What led to the Tu 144 being dropped out of what passed for commercial service in the U.S.S.R was its poor operating economy. Not sure how true it is BUT I live about a mile from Filton and in an area where there were a lot of people who worked on the project. When new neighbours moved in next door about ten years ago they started stripping wallpaper and found a thin wire similar to a radio aerial running round the picture rail of a back bedroom........... One of the previous owners was an aircraft engineer. Why would the Soviets try to steal secrets about the (Very nice but never viable - much too short ranged for proper international airline use) Concorde when there was much better supersonic cruise technology to go after? (XB-70, A-12/SR-71, SCAT, LES) -- Pete Stickney Failure is not an option It comes bundled with the system |
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