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12-23-2007, 02:37 PM
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Funny Story
Ever wondered how the Russians developed Jet Engine Technology? Here's a little story.
Post WWII, the British and the Americans has fully developed jet engine technology, but the Russians had not due to a lack of technological basis. So Stalin asked Winston Churchill if some representatives could tour the Jet factories in Britain.
These representatives had some ridiculous spying devices such as button cameras and adhesive soles on their shoes to pick up metal shavings so that the alloy could be analysed. Unecessary as it turns out, because after their visit Winston Churchill personally gave them a functional Jet Engine.
So all those pilots shot down in Korea have Winston Churchill to thank  Brilliant wit, not a lot of common sense. |
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12-23-2007, 05:43 PM
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Re: Funny Story
WOW!! Interesting! Those Ruskies sure are a sneaky bunch!
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12-24-2007, 06:17 PM
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Re: Funny Story
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Originally Posted by Ausinus
Winston Churchill personally gave them a functional Jet Engine.
So all those pilots shot down in Korea have Winston Churchill to thank Brilliant wit, not a lot of common sense. |
WTF Churchill???? |
So I hope we're all proud of ourselves, sacrificing soldiers for a country that would send a man to prision for throwing shoes.
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12-24-2007, 06:18 PM
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Re: Funny Story
Now I may have to remove my Churchill pic, I'm so mad!!  |
So I hope we're all proud of ourselves, sacrificing soldiers for a country that would send a man to prision for throwing shoes.
- Sparta on Iraq
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
~Dick Cheney
"You do not know what genocide is, do you? It means the irradication of a race to obliviation through death."
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12-25-2007, 12:16 AM
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Re: Funny Story
Eventually, they would have commercialized it anyways - it would then be a matter of opening and closing the box. Besides, the reason why the Russians aligned themselves with the Nazis is because of Western distrust, on the contrary I think they didn't do enough with them.
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12-25-2007, 06:02 PM
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Re: Funny Story
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ausinus
Ever wondered how the Russians developed Jet Engine Technology? Here's a little story.
Post WWII, the British and the Americans has fully developed jet engine technology, but the Russians had not due to a lack of technological basis. So Stalin asked Winston Churchill if some representatives could tour the Jet factories in Britain.
These representatives had some ridiculous spying devices such as button cameras and adhesive soles on their shoes to pick up metal shavings so that the alloy could be analysed. Unecessary as it turns out, because after their visit Winston Churchill personally gave them a functional Jet Engine.
So all those pilots shot down in Korea have Winston Churchill to thank Brilliant wit, not a lot of common sense. |
I thought this was common knowledge, Churchill gave them a Roll Royce engine. |
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12-26-2007, 02:05 AM
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Re: Funny Story
The Russians also stole technology from the west to build their first nukes, as they did to build their first rockets, [the germans].
The Americans still had better planes and tactics in Korea than did the n- koreans with their russian migs. Far superior kill ratio.
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12-27-2007, 12:32 AM
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Re: Funny Story
Russian bomb 'evaporates life' | The Courier-Mail
So much for the lack of Russia ingenuity in research.
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12-27-2007, 12:37 AM
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Re: Funny Story
I think despite the process being pioneered in the US, the Russians showed good acumen in making their own weapons.
Last edited by Desidude666; 12-27-2007 at 12:42 AM.
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12-27-2007, 02:27 AM
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Re: Funny Story
The Russians were great tank builders in ww2 with the t-34. Ask any old kraut about that..
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