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What if Japanese engineers moved to the USA under a variation of the Operation Paperclip that brought hundreds of German engineers and scientists to the USA.
Considering how well Japan was able to produce facsimilies of Argus pulse-jet engines, Messerschmitt 163 rocket-powered interceptor and Me.262 twin-jet fighter, in a short time with incomplete drawings from Germany. If those same Japanese engineers were assigned to American airframe and engine manufacturers (e.g. General Electric's jet engine division), would they have been able to quickly develop more reliable and efficient jet engines and jet-powered airplanes?
I am trying to emphasis Japanese expertise in "quickly developing" new technologies with limited resources. WI an American manufacturer got a contract to develop an X Plane, but under a tight schedule and only a tiny budget?
This "What If?" was inspired by a thread on Secret Early Aircraft Projects, Japanese "Special Attack" Projects of WW2..
Considering how well Japan was able to produce facsimilies of Argus pulse-jet engines, Messerschmitt 163 rocket-powered interceptor and Me.262 twin-jet fighter, in a short time with incomplete drawings from Germany. If those same Japanese engineers were assigned to American airframe and engine manufacturers (e.g. General Electric's jet engine division), would they have been able to quickly develop more reliable and efficient jet engines and jet-powered airplanes?
I am trying to emphasis Japanese expertise in "quickly developing" new technologies with limited resources. WI an American manufacturer got a contract to develop an X Plane, but under a tight schedule and only a tiny budget?
This "What If?" was inspired by a thread on Secret Early Aircraft Projects, Japanese "Special Attack" Projects of WW2..
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