SpaceKadet

It has taken a very long time for this article to hit the AN. Could have saved me a lot of aggravation from the previous topic, dismantling uneducated Americans.

And Thailand will have the most up to date Air Force in the SE Asia! Well done RTAF!

Her daddy told her that he can still wing it... Let's wait and see. Me thinks, NO!

At least you had to look it up. I wouldn't have to use it if you had the eloquence to express yourself. I have more words in my vocabulary that you wouldn't understand the meaning of.

Go back to your playpen. There are adults speaking here.

I have a feeling that you wouldn't understand the military reasoning in this matter.

How did this <deleted> T got into this thread? And America is famous for shooting children in schools.

Oh, if that is not a perfect example of "Ad Hominem" then I don't know what is. But you wouldn't even know what it means....

You still haven't got the message.... The deal is not off, Sweden just paused it to evaluate the situation. "The final decision rests with Sweden’s government and the Inspectorate of Strategic Products, responsible for regulating military exports." All the military hardware exports go through the ISP, as quoted in the post above, before being accepted by the government. But I know that many of you Americans have difficulty getting your two neurons connecting. You probably don't even know where Sweden is located. And, no, it's not in Australia.

Yeah, and Gripen can wipe out an F-15 any time it wants. In fact, it has done it in military exercises several times. Last time it wiped out two F-15s while the third one chickened out and run!!!

Actually, I always thought that would be a perfect gift/lease/sell to Ukraine. Those Warthogs are a formidable aircraft, IMO. They would sort out the Russkies in no time. Nothing beats 30mm Uranium tipped rounds, not even 70mm armor.

Oh, so what's with those recent scandals with Chinese workers for Boeing LM and other, that now went back to China after they got what they wanted.... That Chinese J-35 looks very much like an F-35 to my eyes, except it got two engines, so maybe more like F-22.

Not anymore...

Grow up and see the reality. Chinese engineers designed the F-35 for LM. Now, they are back in China making J-35. There are no secrets on the F-35, or F-22 for that matter, that Chinese are not aware of. You Americans <deleted> that one up very badly!

Your definitions don't necessarily follow the exporting country's intention. I didn't write the law. You have a problem with it, discuss it with the Swedish lawmakers. Not much dissimilar to Germany refusing to sell their diesel engines to China for the Thai sub order. Switzerland has similar export laws for military hardware, and they manufacture a lot of it too.