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The Soviets also couldn't crack the jet engine but the English helpfully provided a Rolls-Royce engine for the Mig-15 just in time for the Korean War. "What fo
by eternalban 8y ago
The Soviets also couldn't crack the jet engine but the English helpfully provided a Rolls-Royce engine for the Mig-15 just in time for the Korean War.
"What fool will sell us his secrets?", asked Uncle Joe Stalin. "I will", said Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, CH, FRS.
- romwell 8y agoI wouldn't brand this decision as foolish. In the rapidly shifting balance of scales, perhaps someone on the island didn't want a former colony to have everything. Or perhaps not; either way, there could have been good reasons - see discussion here[1] [1]https://www.quora.com/In-the-beginning-of-the-Cold-war-why-did-Great-Britain-sell-jet-engines-to-USSR-and-make-it-a-lot-easier-for-soviets-to-create-acceptable-jets https://www.quora.com/In-the-beginning-of-the-Cold-war-why-d...