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They buy LAVs from General Dynamics in Canada as well. Not sure why the government has allowed it to continue.
by def8cefe 6y ago
They buy LAVs from General Dynamics in Canada as well. Not sure why the government has allowed it to continue.
- danans 6y agoConnections in high places, and jobs at risk on the ground. For example, in the UK, during the depths of the last recession, a major investigation into secret payments by British Aerospace to parties in the middle east was shuttered by the government after threats by KSA to cancel contracts. A high court later ruled that stopping the investigation was illegal, but within 2 weeks the House of Lords (who are not popularly elected) overturned the courts ruling in a unanimous vote based on the "public interest". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal#Serious_Fraud_Office_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal#Serious_F...