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Military Technology and sales to other countries
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:50 pm
When our military and government contractors create some new military tech, why do we sell it to other countries? I mean, I know why. Money. But why is it allowed? Like the F-35. Some of our allies have them but if the relationship turned sour they would have the same capabilities as we do. Or do we hold back some of the features of weapons systems?
ETA Is it because by the time we roll something "new" out publicly, its been developed for 20 years already? Do we have something more advanced than the F-35 that is already secretly operational?
ETA Is it because by the time we roll something "new" out publicly, its been developed for 20 years already? Do we have something more advanced than the F-35 that is already secretly operational?
This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 7:53 pm
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Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:53 pm to Tyga Woods
Yeah we don't sell them the latest and greatest stuff.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:54 pm to Tyga Woods
They get the plane but I dont think they get the same weapons systems and radars.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:02 pm to Tyga Woods
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Like the F-35.
Suckers!
Seems like a good deal. Sell them shite that doesn't work.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:03 pm to Tyga Woods
They don't get the same avionics packages
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:04 pm to Tyga Woods
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. Or do we hold back some of the features of weapons systems?
"We" keep all the code it takes to run them.
Also, it is propping up the economy. We give other countries money that they can only use to buy from our military contractors.
Corporate welfare to the big military firms
This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:05 pm to Tyga Woods
Because you share some of the developments costs. Britain and the us have a long history of doing this. The F-35 the U.K. Air Force has will be basically identical to the us version. Avionics might be Brit specific as was with the Harrier amongst others.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:09 pm to Tyga Woods
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Do we have something more advanced than the F-35 that is already secretly operational?
F-22, and it's not a secret. Been operational for several years now.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:17 pm to mofungoo
They rarely use the exact same tech as us, usually a lower form and often times much mower.
Also, they don't always use the same weapons and platforms as the USA. I.e. They may fly a F-16 but use a German made bomb or some shite like that. Or we sell them on bombs and weapons that they will use on platforms we don't have, like we sell them a bomb that they may use on a MIG.
As said, it's so that our companies and government can share expenses. But it's also very good and very BIG business. Every country in the world is not going to manufacture weapons. Someone has to sell them to them.
Also, they don't always use the same weapons and platforms as the USA. I.e. They may fly a F-16 but use a German made bomb or some shite like that. Or we sell them on bombs and weapons that they will use on platforms we don't have, like we sell them a bomb that they may use on a MIG.
As said, it's so that our companies and government can share expenses. But it's also very good and very BIG business. Every country in the world is not going to manufacture weapons. Someone has to sell them to them.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:40 pm to Tyga Woods
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Or do we hold back some of the features of weapons systems
This. The only thing keeping the F-16 and F-18 assembly lines running is export sales.
Foreign nations buy our outdated airframes because they're proven and are upgrades from the old fleets of jets they currently operate.
With new or still in use military technology like the F-35 and M1A1 Abrams, we sell an "export" variant that runs different software and has different features than what the US uses. Take the M1 Abrams for example, Saudi Arabia bought a shite load from us but they do not have the same armor and fire control systems that their US counterparts have. They've paid the price for it in human life as well.
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