A couple of questions:
1.How accurate is the assertion of the PW1120 being secretly provided by Israel to China?
Not impossible, but I have my doubts.
Perhaps they provided a type of engineering model or data? (weight distribution, length, diameter, attachment points..etc?)
2. How many working, flyable PW1120's were actually produced? There are the Lavi prototypes, F-4 Kurnass....so in all probably less than 10?
3. It is stated Bet Shemesh in Israel were going to manufacture the PW1120.
In all I have seen on the Lavi programme, information on this is scariest.
Yet its the heart of a combat aeroplane.
Is there any info on the Bet Shemesh programme for the PW1120?
Was it to be assembled only, or was a good proportion to be manufactured in Israel?
What facilities, as part of the Lavi programme, did Bet Shemesh put in place for the PW1120 programme?
I suspect probably mostly assembly only, with perhaps portions only manufactured within Israel.... even considering a healthy production run of circa 500-700 engines had Lavi and Kurnass gone ahead.
