Originally Posted by
Courtney Mil
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.
Maybe not. But Iran is pretty close to Russia. And given the state of the current "nuclear agreements", that would put another less than friendly nuclear power at their door step. Would they want to assist in giving them a delivery platform?