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USAF Website Suggests Saudi Arabia Deal
Negotiations over the deal have dragged on for more than a year. The US government notified Congress in October last year that the Saudis had requested a possible $30 billion F-15 order. It would include 84 new F-15SAs with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars and AESA installations on the Saudi air force's 70 F-15SAs. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The only way these manufacturers of U.S. Military equipment, will benefit from any new contracts is
when the DOD allows them to be sold, and that doess not mean the customers who purchase them, will also
be given "support" unless that, as well, is approved by the DOD. It's not as simple as it sounds,
and the ITAR controls who, we are allowed to sell to, and who we are allowed to provide "support" to, and it all requires Licensing, from the DOD. Domestic sales are easy, but Exporting to foreign clients/governments requires due diligence lest these weapons fall into the wrong hands.
Aircraft parts are one of the most difficult items to Export, so we shouldn't support sales of any restricted item, just because it would produce jobs...Our safety depends on discretion and knowing the end user of the products and ensuring that they are not on the Table of Denied Persons list....
Pray for Peace in 2012, and we won't need to build or sell these items to those who would use them against us.
when the DOD allows them to be sold, and that doess not mean the customers who purchase them, will also
be given "support" unless that, as well, is approved by the DOD. It's not as simple as it sounds,
and the ITAR controls who, we are allowed to sell to, and who we are allowed to provide "support" to, and it all requires Licensing, from the DOD. Domestic sales are easy, but Exporting to foreign clients/governments requires due diligence lest these weapons fall into the wrong hands.
Aircraft parts are one of the most difficult items to Export, so we shouldn't support sales of any restricted item, just because it would produce jobs...Our safety depends on discretion and knowing the end user of the products and ensuring that they are not on the Table of Denied Persons list....
Pray for Peace in 2012, and we won't need to build or sell these items to those who would use them against us.
The middle east countries are friends to no one else in the world. Their friendship is directly related to their need at the time. Their hatred of the West is and always was apparant.
Happy, Healthy Peace-filled New Year everyone. Stay safe up there! :-)
And let the Saudi comments begin!
It's thinking like that which caused us to give weapons to Afghanistan rebels because our enemies enemy is our friend right?
How well did that work for us in the long run.
Drilling in the gulf of Mexico will help keep cost of oil too and we don't need to arm future problem countries.
And while smart people told me years ago how stupid I was for not liking who we get in bed with - who was right in the long run? Who was the real idiot after all.
Now I hear the same argument by people who claim to be smarter again.
Whats that saying about doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome - or was Einstein an idiot too? Maybe Kant was crazy. Maybe all the wisdom doesn't matter when you choose to look the other way because of monetary gain?
How well did that work for us in the long run.
Drilling in the gulf of Mexico will help keep cost of oil too and we don't need to arm future problem countries.
And while smart people told me years ago how stupid I was for not liking who we get in bed with - who was right in the long run? Who was the real idiot after all.
Now I hear the same argument by people who claim to be smarter again.
Whats that saying about doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome - or was Einstein an idiot too? Maybe Kant was crazy. Maybe all the wisdom doesn't matter when you choose to look the other way because of monetary gain?
Unfortunately there are other potential foreign sales of US military equipment and aircraft to friends that are on hold. These represent tens if not hundreds of thousands of jobs for US workers both in the initial production and in the long term support for the aircraft.