At this stage any partnership in FC31 will be very expensive as you would have to buy your way into it; meaning buying aircraft and paying more for whatever technology you can absorb. As I understand this would be nearly impossible due to the financial situation.
Project AZM seems an indigenous...
I like your thinking.
If supercruise is a requirement then twin engines will be the way to go. The currently available engines for use may make that difficult.
Corporate/R&D Intel 101 : if you know someone is going to steal something, make a wrong/sabotaged but somewhat 'working' version available enough so they can steal it but protect it enough so as not to raise suspicion. Hence delay the process as much as possible if completely stopping it is...
Every few days an Indian comes and posts some hilarious version of the skirmish. Questions are asked and never directly answered. Than they disappear. Repeat .
Thank you for the post.
Few things mentioned here do not add up.
1. We have seen pictures of a presumed block 3 with the number '3000' being flown in China with some visible differences from earlier blocks so not sure how all pics of block 3 on the net are fake. Was this article written before...
Did you inspect the wreckage site or just the wreckage after it was recovered? Was the motor from one of the missiles still hot when you were at the site of the wreckage?