I'm already getting some SJS from the picture....
I never said they stole it. They had tooling legally. However, I doubt they hade/have right to modify the design and use it. The same with this new C919. They are assembling the A320 over there for Airbus, so they'll just take the stuff they learn, and use it.
I never said they stole it. They had tooling legally. However, I doubt they hade/have right to modify the design and use it. The same with this new C919. They are assembling the A320 over there for Airbus, so they'll just take the stuff they learn, and use it.
Thank God someone here knows this and I don't have to type it out.Remember, McDoug entered into an agreement with the Chinese to build copies of the MD-80and MD-90. It is not like the Chinese stole anything. It was given to them. and the tooling used to produce the ARJ-21 came from...??? Yep, McDoug.
Like when the Koreans bought the F-16 design some 15-20 years ago and illegally modified it into the Golden Eagle.I never said they stole it. They had tooling legally. However, I doubt they hade/have right to modify the design and use it. The same with this new C919. They are assembling the A320 over there for Airbus, so they'll just take the stuff they learn, and use it.
When it comes to high grade US weapons for sale at outlandish costs Israel always 3rd parties them for us (to the Chinese). UAV's, radar systems, integrated weapon technology, and any number of things that aren't publicly announced.And the west is not the only recipient of this behavior. The Russians let the Chinese build their copies of the Su-27. China has come up with an upgrade and is marketing it AND COMPETING with Russia for some contracts. The Russians are NOT letting the Chinese see their upgraded Flankers.
And too, we see an airplane the Chinese call the J-10 which appears to have considerable similarities to the Israeli Lavi which the US poured billions into. Israel decided it was too costly and never produced it.
Lesson learned? The Chinese are inscrutable.
Like when the Koreans bought the F-16 design some 15-20 years ago and illegally modified it into the Golden Eagle.
Wait... that wasn't illegal.
If you get real bored, look back and find out how the Brits and French got into powered flight.You know just as well as I do, that if Lockmart bought a 737, and some tooling, and built the same airplane, that Boeing would sue them until the day the Earth ends.
So, my question is, why do we let this crap happen in China?