Friday October 3 2014   Vitali Vitaliev, features editor US Air Force seeks alternatives to Russian rocket engines This made me think of other original Russian technologies the West may now have to find alternatives for. It should be possible – at least theoretically – for US engineers to replace or replicate such recent Russian inventions as the first mass-produced portable nuclear power station, the longest offshore pipeline, a space-based radiotelescope with the highest angular resolution, and the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge… But how about the good old AK-47 assault rifle in use with many a Western army? I foresee … Continue reading E&T news weekly #20 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week