Posted on 09/15/2013 11:24:05 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
PING
Don’t want ‘em go stale sitting in warehouses and storage, would we. ;-)
Wish I could get a good deal on a Cobra.. Geeesh.
We have always let the Saudis guide our policies in the muslim world. But in the last few years they seem to have taken complete ownership.
I was happy to see under Bush an effort to engage India as a full ally but that seems to be sputtering to a stop.
Gee, let's see, could it be because the obozo and most of his administrations are muslims and Pakistan is a muslim country where India is not?
Are these 20 Cobra’s part of our military hardware? Or is this hardware old and we don’t use anymore?
Because the Paks are Muzzies.
I hope it doesn’t have Chinese chips, liable to malfunction when ya least expect it. Lockheed family here,, except for me.
You must have worked in SoCal. We’re South Bay SanJose.
Related:
As ties with India grow, Israel again says won’t supply arms to Pakistan
NDTV | 15 Sep., 2013
NEW DELHI: With its defence ties with India growing at a rapid pace, Israel today asserted that it will not supply any weapons systems and military hardware to Pakistan, saying the policy in this regard was “very clear” and “strict”.
Israeli Ambassador Alon Ushpiz said his country follows very strict guidelines in exporting weapons systems and there was no question of reversing its policy of not supplying military hardware to Pakistan.
“The policy of the Government of Israel is (very clear) and we are tremendously strict about it that we do not export weapons system to Pakistan,” he said.
A report by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper in June had quoted a British government report saying Israel exported military equipment, including hi-tech gear used in combat jets, over the past five years to Pakistan. Israel had strongly rejected the report, saying it would “not do anything that could undermine” India’s security.
“Very specifically we do not export weapons system to Pakistan. We have a very strict set of regulations for exporting. It is a very, very sophisticated process and different agencies are engaged in that. India is a close friend,” he said, replying to a question on the report by the Israeli newspaper.
Expressing satisfaction over defence ties with India, which is Israel’s largest purchaser of security equipment, he said there was no possibility of reversing the policy of not supplying weapons systems to Pakistan.
“There is a very strict policy of the state of Israel. This is in black and white. The answer to all your questions is a very clear swift long no. You are asking something very very hypothetical and even to that I think the answer is no,” Ushpiz said.
Refusing to speak about any specific arms deals with India, he said the defence ties between the two countries was not about “buying and selling”.
“I am very proud of the defence relationship,” he said, adding Israel was even keen on transfer of technology to India.
Asked about a proposal to supply anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to India, he said, “I will not go into specifics. Even in this case we have best technology.”
I would guess its surplussed or spare or reserve stock.
Regardless, I bet we paid top dollar for it to end up sitting and rusting away
Exactly. Anything for his brothers.
Because the Pakis are muslim.
Altho its sounds like some pretty new stuff when it comes to aircraft and missilery
Why? Pakistan is Muslim, Sunni Muslim. India is still mostly Hindu. Barry will always stand with the Muslims. It’s a quote.
Weapons to the Pakis to use on India? Well it might cut the number of H1Bs and an American may have a chance at an IT job.
Been giving the pakies weapons since the 1960’s. Their first,submarine, The Gazi, was the SS Diablo SS479, a 1944 sub, “leased” to them in 1963.
I was happy to see under Bush an effort to engage India as a full ally but that seems to be sputtering to a stop.
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This sputtering has been going on since at least the days of Reagan. Back then, I knew an Indian ex-pat who was a serving AF physician. He could not understand why the US did not do more to shore up its relationship with India to counter the Soviets. (Neither could I, though — until he made the comment — I had never given it any thought.)
Why not just sell to the Taleban & al-Queda directly?
Disgusted.
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