Re: China to buy Eurofighters?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:11:12 -0000, Keith Willshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>In fact there is no prospect of the ban being lifted anytime soon.
>While the French Government and some corporate bodies
>have pressed for it 

And the German govmt.

>the EU itself has stated that it has no
>plans to lift the embargo and even if it did has stated that
>other agreements controlling the arms trade would prevent
>such deliveries taking place.

That's a relevant point.

>http://www.crienglish.com/144/2003-10-30/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In fact the main suppliers of high tech weaponry to China
>have been Israel and Russia and even the USA supplied
>dual use technology supposedly for satellite launching
>that is believed to have been used in the Chinese
>missile program.

It seems to me that if Israel can supply China with missiles and 
other technology, there should be no problems for Europe doing so, 
since Israeli military tech is roughly on a level with European.


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