Re: China to buy Eurofighters?

"phil hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:11:12 -0000, Keith Willshaw
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >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.
>

Cite please.

> >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]
> >
> >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.
>

The EU views supplying arms to China as a bad idea however as
does the USA since it was US pressure that stopped the development
of an AWACS type system for China by Israeli companies.

Keith