Posted on 04/10/2017 3:52:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump's administration is pushing forward with plans to sell up to a dozen aircraft to Nigeria's air force for the fight against the extremist group Boko Haram, sources said on Monday, in a deal that could be worth up to $600 million.
The Super Tucano A-29 aircraft, an agile, propeller-driven plane with reconnaissance and surveillance as well as attack capabilities, is made by Brazil's Embraer. A second production line is in Florida, in a partnership between Embraer and privately held Sierra Nevada Corp of Sparks, Nevada.
Former President Barack Obama's administration originally agreed on the sale, but delayed it after incidents including the Nigerian Air Force's bombing of a refugee camp in January that killed 90 to 170 civilians.
The Trump administration wants to push ahead to boost Nigeria's efforts to fight Boko Haram and bolster hiring in the United States by defense firms.
"We've been told that the administration is going to go forward with that transaction," a congressional aide said....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
It doesn’t matter they will be completely inoperable in a year!
Six months from now, Boko Haram psychopaths will be flying around in Super Tucano A-29s.
The military-industrial complex gotta eat!
Are they built here in the USA?
Yes, in Florida, per the article.
According to Wikipedia:
“Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of petroleum in the world and the 8th largest exporter, and has the 10th largest proven reserves.”
Tillerson is protecting our supplies, I think, by making nice with the Nigerian government. Isn’t that why he’s Sec of State?
Would you rather we didn’t have a defense industry? No exports, plants shut down.
Got it. Thanks. Reading too fast.
I would rather the USA defense industry built quality military equipment for the US military for national security purposes, not for playing globalist adventurism games with 3rd world shitholes that we keep pouring blood and treasure over with predictably bad results.
The problem is the US military doesn’t buy enough to keep the plants open. Say some country decides to make their own rifles. They set up a factory and make a couple hundred thousand over a few years, and now every soldier has one. Their army will buy some replacements, but not enough to keep the factory running. If they don’t export they close down. That’s the nature of the arms industry worldwide.
BTW, how is selling planes to a rich oil exporter draining our blood and treasure?
LOL, I like your style.
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