Re: China to buy Eurofighters?

"David Bromage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> phil hunt wrote:
>  > Any speculation as to what weapons China wants to buy? I think the
>  > Eurofighter.
>
> Naturally the EU will agree in the hope of getting exports and secure
> the future of the EF. Expect an initial Chinese order for 24 units,
> followed by 300+ more built locally after they reverse engineer it.
>
> Cheers
> David
>

That will take them quite a while. Some of the RF elements were hard to do
even for Western technology. The AQ requirements and testing were beyond
what I had ever met when I worked on it.

Local assembly then some parts yes. The engines maybe not worth building
locally. A great deal of the cost is in jigs and test equipment.

Adrian Edmonds