[DustyMoment]

Sales like that of Toshiba's are done in secret & rarely get the media coverage that this current transaction has got.

And, that makes it all better, doesn't it? What if the announcement of the sale was "leaked" to the press as a way for BOTH Germany and Spain to rub our noses in it?

[sukhoi-30mki]

& in the long run,both Germany & Spain end up losing access to spares & tech transfer for the Patriot??What good does it do them.Remember,both Spain & Germany still cooperate on numerous projects with the US.

If you read the article,you would have noticed that the groundwork for this deal started in 2002,long before the rift with Germany & when Aznar was still in power.