I think they may have been referring to not an "available engine" but more of "available engine technology". As in, it's unwise to attempt to develop an engine far beyond one's own capabilities in tandem with a platform that is reliant on this extremely difficult task.
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Holy wow!!
Speaking of their helmets:
Holy wow!!
"We need helmets"
"Modern helmets are Kevlar or specialized polymer sandwiched between two pieces of fiberglass reinforced-"
"Fiberglass! get us fiberglass right now!"
"Sir its not the fiberglass that provides-"
"No, fiberglass now! cheap, domestic and my nephew can hire people that wears slippers in a factory/warehouse to make them. Fiberglass now!"
He is totally wrong. The right way to do it is to develop the engine first and then the aircraft. The US typically funds the basic technologies to make the next generation engine like a decade or more before starting development on the actual engine. When it is time for the aircraft prototypes to be finished, they already have a working prototype engine. The Russians typically have difficulty with developing engine technology, and they often start development of the platform with an existing engine, and then switch to the intended engine later closer to serial production.