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The military hardware was part of the deal. Bought from Germany and France in large parts...
by digitalengineer 11y ago
The military hardware was part of the deal. Bought from Germany and France in large parts...
- mafribe 11y agoWhat are you talking about? Neither the German or the French airforce operate or did operate F-16s [1] to the best of my knowledge. The article [2] makes it sound like the planes were directly acquired from General Dynamics, the manufacturer. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_operators#Greece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting...
- digitalengineer 11y ago(1) "Athens' fondness for weaponry, and willingness of Germany and France to feed it, under fire as Greece struggles with debt crisis" (2) (1) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/19/greece-military-spending-debt-crisis http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/19/greece-military... (2) The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greecehttp://www.lepointinternational.com/it/politica/europa/550-the-submarine-deals-that-helped-sink-greece-.html http://www.lepointinternational.com/it/politica/europa/550-t...
- mafribe 11y agoDid you read the articles? Merkel's reaction was instant. "She immediately said: 'But we never asked you to spend so much of your GDP on defence, Quite. Don't by weapons if you don't need them and can't afford them. And nobody prevents Greece from selling a few of those sweet F-16s.