Originally Posted by
longer ron
Nothing really new here - they have been doing similar since WW2 - they even copied entire aircraft - eg B29 and DC3 off the top of my head + pirate copies of RR Nene engine of course
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Britain sold the USSR Nene engines with the promise that they wouldn't use them for military aircraft. Then sold them the blueprints.
Stalin: "What fool will sell us his secrets?"
And now we have Kim Jong Un and his nukes.