tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2176771158343037946..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: The Chinese, By StealthCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66212986645367809192011-01-26T13:03:00.341+00:002011-01-26T13:03:00.341+00:00dearieme, I misread his CV, sorry. He either neve...dearieme, I misread <a href="http://www.llrc.org/misc/subtopic/cvbusby.pdf" rel="nofollow">his CV</a>, sorry. He either never wrote up his first one (1970-71) - not that unusual, or was just a postgrad assistant on the programme at QMC. He got his PhD in 1981 at Kent. But the CV still looks good - a first in Chemistry at London (Imperial?). Spectroscopy topic on both PhD research probrammes. Chartered Chemist. I wouldn't discount his analysis on a crank basis.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-45687329958717841712011-01-26T00:57:31.650+00:002011-01-26T00:57:31.650+00:00"He does have two PhD's": I've m..."He does have two PhD's": I've met several people who've made that claim. Only one was telling the truth.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72882921947710466682011-01-25T08:32:36.403+00:002011-01-25T08:32:36.403+00:00Mr W - yes I'd found the report too (plus some...<b>Mr W</b> - yes I'd found the report too (plus some pretty disparaging comments on our friend, who does get up to some strange stunts ...) <br /><br /><b>Mr Q</b> - thanks - an interesting tale. Am reminded of something with similar aspects: back in the 70's an acquaintance in the precision engineering business received a strange request from a Russian concern. They had decided they wished to export LPs (music) to the West, and knew that it would be necessary to insert the disks in a nicely-printed, laminated cardboard sleeve<br /><br />if you think back to those distant times, said sleeves had a very thin spine, just 2 or 3 millimetres wide, on which would be printed the title and a reference-number<br /><br /><i>the Ruskies were unable to devise a printing press + card-folding unit sufficiently accurate to print on the part of the card that would become the spine when formed into shape</i><br /><br />of course they could have done if they'd devoted enough resources - but it was beyond their basic capabilities at that time<br /><br />mind-bogglingNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80439152282220061592011-01-25T00:06:42.205+00:002011-01-25T00:06:42.205+00:00ND: OT re Busby's report. Well I never - here&...<b>ND:</b> OT re Busby's report. Well I never - <a href="http://www.llrc.org/regulation/subtopic/hinkcontam2011.htm" rel="nofollow">here's his report</a>. If Busby is correct, that could upset some people. He does have two PhD's (Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics) so you'd expect him to be on the ball in this area, despite what his critics say. But it is a complex analysis, as there is a mixture of decay products to take account of.<br /><br />I've never looked in detail at his various claims, so I've no real general opinion. And this particular issue is above my head - but a claim of "10 tonnes of enriched uranium" in the soil does sound pretty implausible.<br /><br />I'd not be at all surprised at contamination from the Magnox reactor there, as that fuel can leaked fairly often, and in the 1960s and 1970s nuclear staff were pretty sloppy at times - but Magnox used natural Uranium fuel. Busby reckons it is enriched uranium in the soil, which must come from the AGR - which has tougher stainless steel sheathed fuel, so much less likely to leak.<br /><br />Be interesting to see what, if anything, happens with this.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56970056798169031462011-01-24T23:35:38.017+00:002011-01-24T23:35:38.017+00:00Predecessor to the Bear.
Called The Bull.
TU-4Predecessor to the Bear.<br />Called The Bull.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rb-29.net/html/03RelatedStories/03.03shortstories/03.03.10contss.htm" rel="nofollow">TU-4</a>Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69792864888385247292011-01-24T20:20:26.018+00:002011-01-24T20:20:26.018+00:00Kev - yes, I thought that! (the missile, not Mr Cr...<b>Kev</b> - yes, I thought that! (the missile, not Mr Cruise)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39067751049477149122011-01-24T20:04:23.446+00:002011-01-24T20:04:23.446+00:00PS, To counter the Chinese reverse-engineered stea...PS, To counter the Chinese reverse-engineered stealth fighter they need only by a load of the missiles that shot the original one down.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11033351621446471742011-01-24T20:02:09.318+00:002011-01-24T20:02:09.318+00:00There are many types of fighter jet, but there wil...There are many types of fighter jet, but there will only ever be one Tom Cruise.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4183904575307415252011-01-24T19:49:26.622+00:002011-01-24T19:49:26.622+00:00Most of this is all very sanguine ! Though person...Most of this is all very sanguine ! Though personally I shan't be surprised when they do a <i>Sputnik</i> on us<br /><br />I take <b>Sean's</b> point about RPVs - much more do-able & useful<br /><br />(also <b>Laban's</b> on genetics ...)<br /><br /><b>Mr E</b> - OT, but any views on <a href="http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Developer-rejects-claims-enriched-uranium-site/article-3101229-detail/article.html" rel="nofollow">this kerfuffle ?</a> just a bunch of nutters ?<br /><br />Mr Q - any idea what became of the Soviet B-29 clone project ? I don't recall any 1950's Sov bomber that <i>looked</i> anything like it - certainly not the BearNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89155579068153853352011-01-24T17:57:10.908+00:002011-01-24T17:57:10.908+00:00More interesting IMHO is that the Chinese are putt...More interesting IMHO is that the Chinese are <a href="http://ukcommentators.blogspot.com/2011/01/china-genius-genes-gentlemen-and-state.html" rel="nofollow">putting a hefty effort</a> into mapping the genes which affect intelligence. It may be that when they find them there are no practical applications, but I wouldn't bank on it - they're already <a href="http://ukcommentators.blogspot.com/2010/09/chinese-eugenics.html" rel="nofollow">quite comfortable</a> with eugenic policy.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65857707495536189952011-01-24T17:54:42.514+00:002011-01-24T17:54:42.514+00:00When the USSR nicked the B-29 it was the most adva...When the USSR nicked the B-29 it was the most advanced aircraft in the world. Technologically superior to our Lancaster in every imaginable way.<br />The UK, the only other manufacturer of heavy bombers, were a long,long way behind in technology. And never caught up.<br />B-29's were not deployed in Europe so we couldn't even pinch one ourselves.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-19038315852173318762011-01-24T13:01:20.656+00:002011-01-24T13:01:20.656+00:00Any aeronautical engineer can tell by looking at i...Any aeronautical engineer can tell by looking at it that it isn't particularly stealthy and that it is overweight - ergo they are a few years away from having an equivalent to US technology. But we shouldn't worry about it. <br /><br />We should worry about the European Galileo satellite system - the sole purpose of which is to allow the French to sell smart missiles which do not depend on the American GPS system. The next step will be for the EU to lift the arms embargo on China.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-64353448572055156102011-01-24T12:32:57.644+00:002011-01-24T12:32:57.644+00:00Lewis Page over at The Register figures the J-20 i...<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/12/j_20_flies_analysis/" rel="nofollow">Lewis Page over at The Register</a> figures the J-20 is a long way off Raptor-style planes: "large and cumbersome ... If the J-20 has a military purpose (rather than merely being a demonstration/propaganda/industrial-subsidy project as is probably the reality) it would be to act more as a bomber than a fighter".<br /><br />Some of the technology he thinks it is probably missing is:<br /><br />* heat dump into the fuel tanks<br />* radar low-observability on many angles<br />* stealthy targeting radar<br />* thrust vectoring<br /><br />Page's view on why this has hit the mainstream news:<br /><br />"The usual suspects are, of course, furiously bigging-up the J-20 as a possible menace. ... The hugely bloated western military aerospace industry, its revenues sapped by economic conditions and a belated focus on the ground troops who are actually fighting real wars in southwest Asia, will naturally seize upon even the flimsiest excuse to plead for yet more billions to be spent moving the western state of the air-combat art still further onward – no matter that it is decades ahead of any possible opposition."<br /><br />Sounds about right to me.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58638548427330334792011-01-24T12:19:49.151+00:002011-01-24T12:19:49.151+00:00I fancy its more PR than anything, its strange it ...I fancy its more PR than anything, its strange it making an appearance while the two Presidents of ChiMerica where meeting at the white house No?<br /><br />It looks at bit bulky to me, so probably a first draft. <br /><br />This is more an indication of where they are at and where they are headed too.<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703374304575622350604500556.htmlSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29618445902281912642011-01-24T10:45:09.898+00:002011-01-24T10:45:09.898+00:00Very much "Oh dear oh dear."
Why do we ...Very much "Oh dear oh dear."<br /><br />Why do we so underestimate fellow human beings? Copying is rife in engineering and is much the best way to catch up with your competitors. This is what the Chinese do, including ignoring patents.<br /><br />In Dr Hooker's book "Not much of an Engineer", Hooker recounts recognising a jet engine, in the foyer of a Chinese factory, that he and his team had designed. It had been copied by the Russians, then copied by the Chinese. So thorough was their copying ability that Hooker pointed out to them that they had copied his mistakes too.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10605719255996378072011-01-24T10:03:47.318+00:002011-01-24T10:03:47.318+00:00Mind you, this reverse engineering has been done b...Mind you, this reverse engineering has been done before<br /><br />The U.S. refused to supply the Soviet Union with B-29 heavy bombers under Lend Lease, despite repeated Soviet requests. However, on three occasions during 1944, individual B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japanese Manchuria and Japan. In accordance with the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviets were neutral in the Pacific War and the bombers were therefore interned and kept by the Soviets, despite American demands for their return. Stalin tasked Tupolev with cloning the Superfortress and Soviet industry was to produce 20 copies of the aircraft in just two years. The three B-29s were flown to Moscow and delivered into Tupolev OKB. One B-29 was fully dismantled, down to the smallest bolt, the second was used for flight tests and training, and the third one was left as a standard for cross-reference. <br /><br />So if it were true, USA has kept stealth bomber tech secret for the 20 years its been in operational service, and a further 10 before the Chinese have theirs ready then they've done pretty well.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.com