Ken, further to Lonewolf's post (7205), I think the WS-10 is a long way off. As for sales, I'm pretty sure Russia will want a say on who the engine goes to, but they're not usually very picky. As long as it's not the French at the moment, I doubt they'll care much.
Moving on to unmanned vs manned, I can see that happening for air-to-ground, but I suspect there will still be "men" in the air-to-air role for a while yet. Yes, possible to fly from a cabin on the other side of the world, but I think we'll need to push the boundaries of bandwidth and latency a long way yet. Or are we going to have the RoE for autonomous fighters? Hell of a ride, as you say, LoneWolf; Biggles to Battlestar Galactica
