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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by bee_rider on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:20PM (#32846231)
It reflects poorly on the company, but if it was really third world tier corruption, we wouldn't find out about it until the parts started screwing up during a war.

I'm sure Russia would love to be worrying about specific transistor models in their ejection seats, at this point! (note, I'm aware of the pedantic point that Russia is definitionally not third world, they are just another point of comparison in this case).

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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by Jedd on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:31PM (#32846291)
> ... note, I'm aware of the pedantic point that Russia is definitionally not third world

This is true, and if you wish to be pedantic, or at least true to the original definitions, Russia is a 'second world' nation state.

Whether that aligns to what you thought you were qualifying, I do not know.

Refer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World

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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by balsam on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:35AM (#32847482)
Pretty sure a transistor-level of accident analysis would be only possible in peace-time? But the 1st LT was parabellum, so maybe it counts. (Forgive my grammar)
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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by WHATDOESIT on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:12AM (#32850019)
Ukrainians are sending Russian hardware to US and other allies for analysis - immediately. But if your only ally is Iran and North Korea, perhaps you really don't have so many options...
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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by hef19898 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:26AM (#32850719)
Maybe the best source for Russian military tech since the German reunification when the BRD inherited the not too badly maintained frontline stuff from the NVA. Which was not, as opposed to most other Warsaw pact nations, export variants of Russian hardware. As a frontline state in the Cold War East Germany gear was close to Red Army/Air Force/Navy specs.
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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by baybal2 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:31PM (#32846292)
A one known military corruption case was exactly about the airforce being sold black painted toilet paper rolls as ejection seat charges.
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