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Are you implying that the Air Force is in the business of making “offers that cannot be refused” especially to foreign owned companies?
by callalex 7y ago
Are you implying that the Air Force is in the business of making “offers that cannot be refused” especially to foreign owned companies?
- redis_mlc 7y agoWell, actually yes. Notice how there's very few military aircraft companies in the USA? That's because the little fish got a visit from Washington saying, "that was your last contract unless you merge." Northrop tried to resist, for a while anyway. Regarding foreign companies, the Avro Arrow was cut up after the US offered Canada a northern missile defense network. The Arrow was an early Mach 2 interceptor - think of the foreign sales possibilities. Many of the designers ended up at NASA.
- rasz 7y agoactually https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/opinion/military-right-to-repair.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/opinion/military-right-to...