Re: China to buy Eurofighters?

"Scott Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 03:09:10 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil
> hunt) wrote:
>
> >item: In October, a Chinese official report called for greater trade
> >with the EU, and for the EU's arms embrago against China to be
> >lifted.
> >
> >item: German foreign minister Gerhard Schroder recently visited
> >China and said arms embrago should be lifted.
> >
> >item: a spokesman for EADS (large European arms manufacturer, which
> >is one of the main partners in Eurofighter) recently called for the
> >embargo to end.
> >
> >Any speculation as to what weapons China wants to buy? I think the
> >Eurofighter. Also on the shopping list might be ASRAAM, Meteor and
> >ASTER anti-aircraft missiles.
> >
> >There's a more detailed discussion of this on my blog at:
> ><http://www.cabalamat.org/weblog/art_97.html>
>
>
> In my opinion selling them top of the line stuff is the height of
> stupidity.  It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what the
> situation is going to be with China and the West in ten to fifteen
> years.

Please explain. I see no conflict coming.

Adrian Edmonds