lubfishin Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 As Thailand cozies up to China, the United States makes a huge mistake in their arms sales to Thailand. I would not doubt that these are proxy purchases where the technology could then be transferred to Chinese defense firms for reverse engineering. Here is a portion of the article below and a link to the full article. WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday cleared a pair of potential arms sales, one each to Thailand and Qatar. The two sales have a combined price tag of $486 million, according to the announcements posted on the website of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. DSCA notifications are not final sales; if allowed by Congress, the sales enter negotiations during which quantities and dollar figures can shift. Link to full article from defense news. https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2019/09/24/us-clears-attack-helicopters-for-thailand-plane-defenses-for-qatar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriv Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 This model is not so interesting. China already has better helicopters than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted September 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2019 So stop selling weapons all over the world then. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubfishin Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said: So stop selling weapons all over the world then. Agree. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Ist thing I thought when it was announced a weapons deal with the US...China will be glad to help the Thais with these advanced weapons systems...same thing going on in Cambodia...US will not be a major player in this area of the world a few decades from now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 13 hours ago, dimitriv said: This model is not so interesting. China already has better helicopters than this. Britain has too, they upgraded the American Apachie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, lubfishin said: As Thailand cozies up to China, the United States makes a huge mistake in their arms sales to Thailand. I would not doubt that these are proxy purchases where the technology could then be transferred to Chinese defense firms for reverse engineering. Here is a portion of the article below and a link to the full article. all of this is taken into consideration from the moment these helicopters were developed until they were approved for export. these are the dumbed down and approved for export weapon systems US defense contractors sell all over the world. when China wants our secret stuff they just call Bill Clinton https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/11/world/clinton-approves-technology-transfer-to-china.html https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/08/kristian-saucier-sentencing-clinton-227052https://capitalresearch.org/article/flashback-bill-clinton-gave-china-missile-technology/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/flashback-bill-clinton-gave-china-missile-technology/ Edited September 26, 2019 by NCC1701A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Please continue here : CLOSED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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