EADS also sells two-way radios (P25) to cops in the USA - no sale of that product?
What of Beretta? (M-9/92F)
Fabrique Nationale? (SAW M249 AKA Mini-mitrailleuse?)
And PLEASE spare me the 'French = white flag crap, the Légion étrangère more than pulled thier weight in the GWI and later in Chad. France has thier own foreign policy, and it may not agree with ours. That's life.
“And PLEASE spare me the ‘French = white flag crap, the Légion étrangère more than pulled thier weight in the GWI and later in Chad. France has thier own foreign policy, and it may not agree with ours. That’s life.”
Exactly. Thats why critical systems like the refueling system should not be foreign made.
To be sure: My Browning FN Hi-Power and Shotgun are prized possessions.
Small arms, and Radios are commodities. Too many home grown companies could replace them in a heart beat. Hell, IBM even produced arms for the War Department in WWII!
Large Multi Million (a piece) strategic military assets cannot be so quickly replaced with domestic suppliers if the need arises.