https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull
I wonder how many similar but unknown cases there are involving former Soviet scientists and engineers trying their luck with 3rd world despots after the Soviet Union collapsed.
PS: just remembered that Willy Messerschmitt also ended up building a jet fighter for Egypt after the project was abandondend by Spain. Egypt then also eventually cancelled the project in 1969 though and instead decided to become close buddies with the Soviet Union - I wonder if that decision saved Messerschmitts from the same fate as Krug and Bull:
In recent years US has been hit so hard, probably it will have even worse side effects since this discourages other scientists from following that career path as well.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_Flower
bookofjoe•2d ago