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Originally posted by MOCKBA
I?m going to shit myself! Russians the one that copied US planes? Out of all countries that participated in WW2 was #1 at stealing German technology and harboring entire nazi R&D teams? The atomic bomb, rockets.. you name it?
Where did you get the idea that Mig design was stolen?
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Mig design was not stolen, only thing was they needed a powerful engine and they got that from Rolls Royce
"The introduction of the MiG-15 was a total (nasty) surprise to the NATO air groups, somewhat comparable to the surprise the Allies received when the Japanese A6M Zero-Sen made its appearance a few years before, during WWII. The Mig-15 was developed under the utmost security. The Soviet philosophy was; if another country could achieve military superiority, sooner or later it was bound attack Russia, just as the Nazis had on June 22, 1941. Under Stalin, military weapons research had high priority and the secrecy involved was deadly serious. Anyone even suspected of the slightest security violation was tortured and executed. The KGB was listening. Thus, the MiG-15 - arguably the worlds best fighter aircraft at the time - was produced in near total secrecy."
"While the Soviets were having their developmental problems, the British on the other hand seemed to be years ahead of everyone. The Jumo and BMW engines the Russians had captured in Germany were rather primitive when compared to England's Rolls-Royce jet engines in the late part of 1945. And just as it appeared the rest of the world was about to leave the Soviets far behind in the race for a more practical jet engine, fortune truly smiled on the Reds. "
http://www.aviation-history.com/mikoyan/mig15.html