biggest mistake?
Supplying those jet engines to Russia in 1948
Without those the Russian jet development would have been delayed by at least ten years. No Korean War. No Vietnam war. No Badgers. No Bears. No Berlin Wall. No Cold War
Those bloody engines enabled the Russians to play catch-up so quickly that they became the threat they did.
But did we learn? Did we heck. So Wedgehead Benn allowed Hawker Siddeley to send the HS4000 high-power locomotive to Russia in the 1960's so they could copy that as well
Last edited by jamesdevice; 30th Jun 2011 at 22:37.