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Gloire_bb said:

Well, they still have EJ2000 itself, and MTU still exists. Up to debate if MTU is truly up to the task to design an engine by themselves, but they do indeed have money to throw at problems, and their starting position is certainly better than Korean/Turkish ones.

Furthermore, as China recently shown, one may want aircraft, or they want to make excuses.

Even with EJ200(230/270?)
3-4 engines aren't best, they aren't somehow legally prohibited either.
Alternatively, idea to build their bespoke Ural bomber can be shelved, and they may do away with a more moderately sized aircraft.

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2 weeks ago Germany placed an order for 20 new EF Tranche 5 and 52 spare engines. So theyre still building some.

I don't really think it would make sense to develop a new combat aircraft engine for Germany. I mean together with Sweden and Spain we're probably talking about 500-600 airframe at best. And it would take a huge amount of time. The license production of the GCAP engine is the best option for this IMO. Or maybe even the French engine, even though Noone likes the French.

MTU however should definetely launch a program to develop a smaller engine for uav's and cruise missiles. But this will take some years and for the time being, we're dependent upon market available solutions.

Buy it from the Czechs then. Iran did it.

Just excuses to buy obsolete American shit

2.28 kN is about the power of a Tomahawk engine.

Don't tell me the Russians could make a powered glide bomb in a couple years and you can't make a long range cruise missile.

The new Taurus engines will be Japanese.
Noone is buying American engines, chill bro.