Love Affair Gone Sour ? - Hornets Yes - Missiles No

[Joseph]

US Sells Finland Hornets but no weapons to go with it..Thats like being able to buy a gun but cant buy bullets.

Not at all. They have weapons for the Hornet, just not this particular one.

Joseph

[Bobgorilla]

And Heikki--tell us the parts you guys need, and we'll get them to you.

Ira, do you want to go to Guantanamo? That's where you'll wind up if you even try to get your hands on classified parts.

[asianflava]

US Sells Finland Hornets but no weapons to go with it..Thats like being able to buy a gun but cant buy bullets.

Not at all. They have weapons for the Hornet, just not this particular one.

Joseph

A better analogy is, you can't buy the armor piercing bullets, but you can buy as many regular bullets as you want.

This missile sounds like it is state of the art in weaponry, even for us. Would you want to give anyone your best stuff? Not that Finland is an Enemy of the State, but having some of them outside of your control is an opportunity for an enemy to find a way to defeat them.

[madjack]

Heikki...this is done regulary by the Brits/French/Russians/German/Israelies/US ...they all sell fighter arcraft(and other weapons systems) without the latest and greatest in avionics and other systems...it allows the selling country to market their hardware for others to use but retain superiority of that weapons system for their own useage..........
madjack